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MEDFORD. JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, ' FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1908,
NO. 40
It Is Estimated That Nearly
12,000 People Wit
nessed Show
Yesterday was circus day In every
sense of the term. It was circus
weather, there was the circus crowd,
circus dust, circus lemonade, and
then, to cap the climax, there was
the show Itself, and the general im
pression among the thousands who
saw It was that the show was a good
one.
Sunday night the people started to
arrive In the city for the purpose of
attending the performance and from
that until the hour for the opening
the people arrived in droves. They
acme in rigs, in automobiles, on
trains and many walked. 'All were
Intent on seeing what will In all
probability be the last appearance
of the world-renowned "Buffalo
Bill."
The show opened with a grand re
view of all the different rough-riders
of the world, the genuine Stoux
and Cheyenne Indians, cowboys,
Cossacks, Mexicans, scouts and
guides, veteran members of the
United Slates cavalry, a group of
western girl rough-riders and a de
tachment of color guards, soldiers
of the armies of America, England,
Germany, Japan, Russia, Arabia and
Mexico.
Then there was a group of Mex
icans from Old Mexico who showed
the use of the lasso, the old Dead
wood stage coach, and then Buffalo
Bill gave some exhibition of expert
shooting from horseback while on
the gallop.
The next on the program was
what was termed the "race of races'
and it was between a cowboy, Cos-
sack, Mexican, Arab and Indian on
Mexican, broncho, Indian and Ara
bian horses. Attention was directed
to the different seats In saddle by
the various riders. This was won by
the Arab.
Then followed the United States
artillery drill, showing the old muz
zle-loading methods. The guns used
were relics of the civil war. A for
mer pony express rider showed how
telegrams of the republic were dis
tributed and carried across the con
tinent, previous to the building of
telegraphs and railways.
The Arabs and Japanese perform
ed various feats of agility.
The emigrant train Illustrated a
prairie emigrant train crossing the
plains guided by Buffalo Bill. Inci
dental to the scene there was a buf
falo hunt, the Virginia reel on horse
back, songs by the emigrant's oc
tette, and high-school performances
by Ray Thompson's trained western
range horses. Including "Joe Belley,"
the most wonderfully trained equine
In the world. After the emigrant
camp had settled down foi a night
of rest and sleep, the peaceful scene
was disturbed by marauding Indians
and they were repulsed by the scouts
and cowboys.
The battle of Summit Springs,
fought on July 11, 1869, was shown.
During this engagement Buffalo Bill
shot and killed the Indian chief Tall
Bull.
There was foot bell-on horseback,
the newest form of equestrian sport,
played under special rules and seen
for the first time In any arena
drill by the Sixth cavalry, showing
the evolutions of the regular army
Johnny Baker, the celebrated Amer
ican marksman.
"The Great Train Hold-up and
Bandit-Hunters of the Union Pacific'
was a scene representing a train
hold-up on the western wilds. The
bandits stopped the train, uncoupled
the engine from the coaches, robbed
the express car and blew open the
safe. Meanwhile the passengers
were lined up and despoiled of their
valuables. The scene ended with
the arrival of the bandit-hunters of
the Union Pacific.
Racing by Indian boys on bareback
ponies, cowboys picking objects from
the ground, lassoing and riding wild
horses; Devlin's Zouaves, In manual
of arms, lightning drills, finishing
with an exhibition of wall-scaling,
showing the adaptability of citizen
soldlery In warfare: Cossacks from
the Caucasus of Russia, in feats of
horsemanship, and then the final sa
lute.
In spite of the Immense crowd In
the city, all were on their good be
havior and the police had about as
quiet a day In their line as If there
had been nothing nnusual doing
There was no accident and as far as
Is known all the visitors were well
taken rare of by the hotels and res
taurants and had a real good time,
taking It all In all.
Southern Oregon was closed Satur
day night. The number of acres
transferred Is 10.000 and the price
paid Is 1500.000.
Although the land Is near Rose-
burg, the buyers are all Medford
men. The syndicate Is composed or
J. V. Perkins, Frank B. Waite and
Ed Andrews. The land they come
Into possession of by this deal Is
known as the Sullivan tract, and It
comprises the whole of the Calla-
pooia valley, 13 miles north of Rose-burg.
In addition to the land, there Is
an electric light plant, a telephone
line and a well-constructed ditch.
The whole of the tract la now under
cultivation and It Is claimed that all
of It can be put under water by put
ting in more ditches, which the new
owners Intend to do. They also In
tend to begin at once the construc
tion of macadam roads through the
lund.
SHOWS WHA
T
BE
E
One of the bystanders offered a
suggestion which was quickly acted
upon and the man made a bee-line
for Hod son's garage. Charles True
failed to see anything to get excited
about when he was Informed of what
bad happened and coolly proceeded
Ito get a machine ready. He and the
stranger got in and there was just a
o. u. senoeu snows opieu- , streak of some thins as the automo
bile flew down the street going
south.
did Results in Fruit
Growing
If you have not as yet seen the
apple orchard of S. L. Bennett you
have missed seeing the most wonder
ful fruit product this valley has ever
grown. The orchard Is situated just
north of Medford; there are one and
one-half acres of bearing trees In
the orchard and it has always been
one of the best producing orchards
In tha vnllAtf lint thlct von r It hna
The land will be subdivided Into outdone ' records. It
hardly seems creditable that the
trees are capable of producing the
fruit they are now carrying. So
heavily are the trees loaded that It
has been necessary to wire the limbs
together to prevent them breaking
In fact the center of every tree is
a network of wires. While It Is true
that these trees are carrying more
fruit than they have ever carried in
tracts of from ten acres up and
placed on the market this fall. It
Is claimed that the land is well
adapted for the raising of fruit, and
In fact, there are now quite a num
ber of apple and pear trees on It
which are bearing well. The tract
was formerly owned by the Calla
poola Investment company.
The new owners of this tract wish
It to be understood that In placing
the smaller tracts on the market they
any previous years. It Is quite as true
i that Iha fruit la a vnnil mArphnnt-
will In no way do anything to Injure ... . ,hr.fmlrth. .
the orchard land business In the vi
cinity of Medford, for, as they state,
they will have a great many calls in
connection with the Belling of their
land for orchards in bearing, and all
such they will see are put in touch j ure, (lmt ,ne
Willi lue uraiein aim ukhdib ui buui
land here.
FORESTRY l"OLK'Y.
the crop, Mr. Bennett estimates, will
be four-tier. The average yield of
the orchard per tree Is placed at 20
boxes, and as there are 110 of these
Newtown trees, it can be easily fig-
will be over
2000. Two years ago the crop from
this same orchard was 1100 boxes,
and that was considered the banner,
but this season's crop quite puts In
the shade all previous records.
Two years ago Mr. Bennett gath
ered 33 boxes of apples from one
Newtown tree, but, listen to this
there will be more than 40 boxes this
year from the same tree.
Besides this old orchard which
haB produced such wonderful crops
there are this
year fully 100 boxes of splendid
NewtowiiB growing on a six-year-old
orchard.
Mr. Dennett and his son, Louis,
have about 20 acres of land planted
to fruit of standard varieties, and
this amount of acreage they conclude
will be all they will ever want to
care for. The land Is some of the
very best In the valley, Is so situated
that It can be Irrigated in fact, the
Charles, the machine and the man
arrived at the depot In Ashland In
just 32 minutes after they started
and they got there a minute or two
before the train. Those who were
there say that the lool' on the faces
of the man's wife and children as
they beheld the lost' one standing
there was one never to be forgotten
and for a few minutes after he got
aboard there was a hot reunion on
that car.
IIIIOKE ALL, RECOIlltH.
Al.UUQUKEQUE. X. M., Sept. 30.
Anticipated attack In the National
Irrigation congress upon the admin
istration's forestry policy came at
the morning session today when D.
C. Beamans of Denver, In an address
of au hour'B duration, made a
sweeping ouu .etc., . .a.Bumeui for 8everal yearB 1B
cue auminisirauon oi me lureotiy
service by Olfford Plnchot. At the
afternoon session George H. Maxwell
of Chicago made a ringing response
to the attack of the Colorado man,
which brought the defenders of the
forestry service to their feet in a
demonstration of approval.
Several western men took part In
the rllwussiOp, some attacking, oth
ers iK'fcmlliis tijc bureau, but the
speech of r.iamans and the reply of ; orchllrd .. irrlnated this year, and
Maxwell overshadowed all other tn0 great crop wWch the tree8 are
events of the session. An attempt now developing is due to some ex
was made to cut Beaman's speech tent to rrigatlon. The water Is from
short by the delegate, who demand- the F1n Lake ditcn an( tnere t, a).
ed that the time limit of 20 minutes wayg an abundance of It.
be enforced. President oouay oe- IjOU, Bennett is a graduate of the
cllned to support the point of order Oregon Agricultural college, and the
and the address was completed wun- knowledge he acquired there Is now
out further interruption. proving of great value to him. He
After Beamans concluded, J. J. adoDts only scientific and proven
Falrweather of California asked if methods in handling the orchard.
Beamans was not the paid attorney Every fruitgrower in the valley
of the Colorado Fuel ft Iron com- ouaht to see this orchard if for no
pany. President Ooudy ruled the other reason than to give them some
question out of order. Beamans re-' Mea ag to the amount of fruit a
piled he had been the company's bunch of trees Is capable of produc-
attorney since Its organization,, but ngi
that the corporation had no Interest -
in the forestry problem. I FAVORABLY IMPRESSED.
vVm. Rockefeller and Party
Stopped Here a Few
Minutes
LOCAL MKV BUY LAND.
What Is without doubt the largest
real estate deal In the history of
OOS8 FOUND GUILTY.
C. G. Chamberlain, a prominent
farmer and fruitgrower residing
near Merlin, Josephine county, was
In the city yesterday, a guest at the
Moore hotel. The gentleman is very
favorably impressed with our flour
ishing city, and was agreeably sur
prised at the many evidences of pros
perity and of the city's rapid growth
since his last visit here.
Mr. Chamberlain has 260 acres of
the choicest fruit and agricultural
I land in josepnine coumy, ana iasi
In the case of the state against H.
M. Coss of this city, which has been
on trial in the Circuit court at Jack
sonville before Judge Hanna, the
jury yesterday afternoon returned a
verdict of guilty after being out near
ly three hours. Sentence will not
be passed for a couple of weeks yet.
and In the meantime ball Is fixed in
the sum of $3000.
It Is reported that three votes
were taken by the Jury after they re- ,Drln. ,et out 25 acre. m yoUng or
tired. The first one stood 10 to cbard. He bought the place two
against the defendant, the second 11 yeara ag0 and nal Bp(mt several
to 1 and the tnird one was unani-l,hn,innii Hnllam in lmnrovements.
mous. It is reported that the case j A i, a.e ne n!, ne has too much
will be appealed to the Supreme Iand to nandle successfully and
court by Coss on the usual grounds. woud Hke to dispose of a part or all
Coss was arrested In this city, o( u , whch event he might de
merged with a statutory crime In ,ide to locate In Medford
connection with Carrie Stagg, a 14-year-old
girl who was employed as
a domestic In the Coss home. He
was defended by W. M. Colvlg and
Clarence Reames and the prosecution
He will return to Merlin today,
but will be In attendance at the fair
In Med lord next Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, and will bring back
with him some exhibits, among which
WASHINGTON. D. C, Sept. 24.
Figures of the lumber cut In 1907
compiled by the Bureau of Census
and the Forest Service showed the
largest total ever reported In the
United States, exceeding by over
seven per cent the cut reported for
1906, until then the record year.
This does not necessarily show a lar
ger actual cut than in 1906, for the
returns obtained last ar were more
complete than ever before. The
figures tacts. 1 -
In 1907, 28,260 mills made re
turns, and their production was over
40 billion feet of lumber. This Is
believed to be 90 per $ent of the ac
tual cut. In 1906, 22,398 mills re
ported about 37 Vi billion feet. Since
according to these figures nearly
29 per cent more milts reported
last year than the year before, while
the lnciease In production was a lit
tle over seven per cent, It might he
thought that the amount actually
manufactured must have been great
er In the earlier year. This, how
ever, would be a too hasty inference,
for it is almost wholly among mills
of small Individual output that the
gain in numbers of establishments
reporting has been made.
Before the year closed the general
business depression was severely
felt In the lumber Industry. It was
not, however, the niwi important
cause of the falling off In the pro
duction of the year where a falling
off occurred. For decline In produc
tion took place only In certain re
gions. The South Is the region of
greatest activity In lumber produc
tion, and yellow pine the most Im
portant wood, forming 33 per cent of
the entire cut of the country. The
cut of yellow pine reported shows
an Increase of 13 per cent over that
of 1906. In the early part of the
year many of the southern mills cut
so heavily that. In spite of the cur
tailed output which followed the
business depression later, the total
was greater than ever before. But
in both the lake states and in the
northwest a smaller cut was report
ed than for 1906, though the num
ber of mills reporting increased.
The figures of production show
that during 1907 Washington fell off
decidedly from its huge cut of 1906,
while its sister state Oregon, Is cre
dited with a slight increase In Its
total. In the early part of the year
Washington suffered from a car
shortage, and at the end of the com
bined effects of business disturbance
and higher freight rates had brought
the Industry almost to paralysis.
Oregon kept up Its cut because of Its
larger proportion of coastwise and
foreign trade. These two states to
gether produced more lumber than
any two other states in the Union.
It Is a striking fact that though
lumber prices have been steadily go
ing up during the last half century.
the per capita consumption of lum
ber has also been going up. In 1850.
according to the best figures obtain
able, the average consumption to
each person In the country was 2.r0
feet, In 1900, 460 feet; and In 1907,
480 feet. This Illustrates what has
been found to be true the world over
that with Industrial progress the
demand tor wood becomes greater
and greater.
was looked after by R. O. Smith. E. he My, will be the biggest squash In
E. Kelly and District Attorney Mul-
key.
WORK OX HUNKERS.
Work on the rock bunkers and
side track at the Weaver tract In
the two counties.
WILD RIDE TO ASHLAND.
Shortly after 10:30 yesterday
morning a man who had every ap
nearance of belnc Insane or suffering
West Medford Is being pushed this i (rom Km9 lntenM excitement. wa,
iwo carioaas o. oiiumen are i dhln- d0wn the street toward
at the depot here and six more are th9 depot tne traln wa, pillng
on the way. Rock Is being quarried
and broken np ready to feed Into the
crusher. Wiring connections to the
dynamo are all made. When ar
rangements, which are well under
way, are made tor the power, crush
ing will commence and the crushed
rock will be damped on the ground
here until such time as the bunkers
are ready. Lumber for these Is very
slow in coming In.
SUBSCRIBE FOB THE MAIL.
out for the south. He managed to
miss the rear car by about a block
and then proceeded to dance a horn
pipe and several other, kinds of
dsnces never seen before.
When he waa calmed a little be
proceeded to explain that he had
been Informed that the train stopped
for 20 minutes at Medford and went
down the street to procure some
fruit. His family was on the train
and for a few minutes he appeared
at If he was going to commit suicide.
YOUNG TRAVELING MAN.
For a few brief mlnutea yesterday
Medford waa the host to the rich
est man who has visited the north
west in the last 14 years. William
Rockefeller, chairman of the board
of the Standard Oil company, the
greatest corporation on earth, and
brother of John D. Rockefeller,
founder of the oil concern, waa here
by special train yesterday afternoon.
With him on board the gorgeous Mil
waukee special were a group of the
greatest captains of Industry In the
country, big In the affairs of scores
of corporations, and most of them of
ficers or directors of the Milwaukee
railroad, now building its extension
to the Pacific coast.
Because of urgent business de
mands from San Francisco, the na
ture of which Is not revealed, the
distinguished party of railroad mag
nates and capitalists are going south.
William Rockefeller was of course
the richest man In the crowd, but
with him are his sons, William G.
Rockefeller and Percy Rockefeller,
whose fortunes can only be estimat
ed. The prominent people In the
party, aside from the Rockefellers,
are President A. J. Earllng of the
Milwaukee: L. J. Petit, of the Wis
consin National bank; Major T. S.
Bond, Henry Cooper, Percy Bliss and
officials of the Milwaukee road In
the state of Washington. They are
making a comprehensive but hurried
tour of the coast, a trip which was
planned Immediately following the
recent annual election of directors of
the company In New York. The party
passed Saturday In Seattle, looking
over terminals there. Sunday they
arrived In Tacoma, where the big
holdings of the big transcontinental
systems were Inspected, followed by
an automobile trip Into the national
reserve and a close-range view of Mt.
Rainier.
The special on which the Wall
street giants are traveling Is the
most aristocratic ensemble of equip
ment that ever passed through this
city. The train Is a solid Pullman
throughout or the bright orange-red
color for which the Milwaukee road
Is renowned In the ease. It includes
William Rockefeller's private car
Genesta. and the private cars of the
other Milwaukee directors and offi
cials. The baggage car and com
partment sleeper Ontonagon are
from the regular equipment of the
"Pioneer Limited," the train de luxe
of the Milwaukee on the St. Paul-
Chicago run. The Rockefeller car
occupies the middle of the train, the
rear coach being the combination
diner and observation car Nekoosa.
President Earllng's private car Is the
St. Paul.
The present trip of the Rockefell
ers and the other Milwaukee direct
ors to the coast at this time has re
vived In San Francisco and other
points the rumors that It was the In
tention of this great Independent
trans-continental system to extend
its northwestern terminals and con
struct a line down the coast to San
Francisco. This rumor President
Earllng has seen fit to deny, or re
fer to In an evasive manner since ar
riving In the northwest.
The most Important announcement
which he has made on the present
trip Is that the Chicago, Milwaukee
it St. Paul will be running through
freight and passenger trains to the
coast by July 1, 1909. The swell
train will be called the "White Fly
er" and will be the only train de luxe
of that color In America, as It will be
tinted In Ivory white throughout. It
will also be the first through pas
senger service from the Atlantic to
the Pacific seaboard, for arrange
ments have been made with the
Pennsylvania to operate a through
Pullman sleeper from coast to coast,
from a trip of a week through South
ern Oregon, where he advocated good
roads and where he discovered a
strong sentiment In favor of pro
moting this Important work In the
commonwealth.
Judge Scott Is advocating a plan
of constructing a beautiful road for
hundreds of miles on a unit system,
the move to start In some county
and with state co-operation to con
tinue from county to county until the
road becomes a complete whole.
"Southern Oregon people have
shown themselves heartily in favor
of the Idea and In Jackson county
there Is considerable agitation to
bond the county for the promotion'
of good roads. Judge Scott would
have a road constructed across the
county and the adjoining county
take up the work adding another
link in the chain with work going
both ways. The plan seemed entirely
feasible to good roads enthusiasts,
and there la every reason to believe
the road will become a reality event
ually. "Judge Scott Is most enthusiastic
over the prospects . for developing
the road situation in the vicinity of
Medford.
" 'That la a wonderful country,'
he stated.
" 'The development In that section
Is almost beyond belief except by
personal observation of the condi
tions there. On every side are beau
tiful farms, rich with nearly all
products of the soil and the people
are highly prosperous. It seems
that every one has an automobile and
plenty of money. Beautiful homes
are numerous and few sections of
the country may boast of more sub
stantial flnanctiL conditions.
Among other things, the people
the enthusiasts on the good roads
question. We formed an association
while there. The delegation Includ
ed Judge Baldwin of Klamath coun
ty, C. 8. Jackson of the Portland
Journal, Judge Nell of Jacksonville
and myself
"One of the plans advanced was
for the construction of a road be
tween Klamath Falls and Crater
lake. This road will cost about'
$500,000 and Judge Scott believes
that Jackson and Klamath counties
will advance $100,000, $50,000
pledged from outside Interests, the
state to give $100,000, which seems
reasonably certain, and the national
government appropriating the bal
ance. "Medford and Southern Oregon
has a warm booster In Judge Scott,
ho is much Impressed with their
enthusiasm over good roads, people
In the vicinity being certain they
mean everything toward the devel
opment of that region.
"Among the moves made at the
meeting In Medford waa the Intro
duction of a resolution heartily In
dorsing the work of promoting pub-
lie highways throughout the state
and pledging the association's sup
port In every manner possible."
IS
VERY GOOD
Some Splendid Good Roads
Meetings Held Last
Thursday
Yesterday afternoon about
o'clock Mrs. A. Kusick, who runs the
Medford rooming house, on West
Seventh street, gave her little son, 3
years of age, a bath and let him out
on the sidewalk to play. Some 30
mlnutea later her daughter returned
from school and after diligent search
was unable to find the child. The
mother, becoming somewhat uneasy,
was preparing to go out after help
when the child was returned to her
by the police authorities.
It seems that when train No. 3,
which passes here at 3:20, arrived
in Ashland, the child was found
thereon, being able to give Its name
and residence as Medford. It was
brought back here by a young man
coming on No. 16. The mother says
the child has a great liking for en
nines and she has tlod several engi
neers to look out for It In front of
their engines.
JUDGE SXTT HEARD FROM.
Judge Scott, the organiser of the
good roads movement for the state
of Oregon, Is showing himself to be a
great booster for Medford and
Southern Oregon. It will be remem
bered that Judge Scott was here last
week In connection with the organi
sation of the Jackson County Good
Roads association, and according to
an Interview with him published
since that In the Eastern Oregonlan
at Pendleton, he must have been well
I pleased with his visit and what he
saw here, as the following will show
"A broad, smooth thoroughfare
extending the length of the Pacific
coast may seem visionary, but It Is
no dream If the plana of Judge Job
H. Scott of Salem, president of the
Oregon Good Roads league become
reality and It seems probable they
will.
"Judge 8cott returned yesterday
IIUNGAIOW BURNED.
At 9 o'clock Sunday evening a
fire alarm was sent In from the Barr
addition In Southwest Medford. The
department responded promptly to
the call and made excellent time In
arriving at the scene of the fire,
where the new bungalow residence
recently erected by F. J. Rinehart
was found to be In flames.
The fire boys were there in plenty
of time to have easily saved the
building, but after laying 950 feet
of hose It was discovered that there
was no water In the hydrant, and
by the time the water was finally
turned on further down the main it
was too late to do any good, and the
building burned to the ground. Fire
Chief Amann was at a loss to un
derstand how the water came to be
turned off from this particular hyd
rant, and says that he will look well
after It In the future that there Is
no meddling with the water hydrants.
The residence was unoccupied and
all Indications point to the fact that
the fire waa undoubtedly of Incen
diary origin. Mrs. Thomas Barr,
who resides near by, was the first
person to discover the fire. She was
cooking a late supper for her son-
in-law, when, happening to look out
of the window, she saw a light at the
Rinehart building. Knowing that
the house was vacant, she went to
the door to get a better view, and
saw a fire blaxlng up In the corner
of the back porch. She at once gave
an alarm, and with the aid of some
boys procured buckets and endeav
ored to extinguish the flames.
Finding that they were unable to do
so, an alarm was turned In to the
department, with the result above
stated.
The building waa Insured with the
Milwaukee Insurance company for
$1000.
Medford has been very fortunate
In the matter of fire and has never
experienced any very serious con
flagratlon, the one Sunday night be
ing the first for several months. The
unusual ringing of the fire bell cre
ated a general excitement and It
seemed to The Morning Malt
porter that at least half the popula
tion of the city was at the scene of
the fire.
Very little else but good roads
was talked about around the city
yesterday and the very spirit .if hood
roads appeared to be In the air. When'
one citizen would meet another. In
stead of saying the customary
"good day" he would say Instead,
"good roads." Even moat of the
stores closed for an hour or so In the
afternoon lust to help along th ,TOod
road movement.
The good roads meeting yesterday
was Just a continuous performance,
for It began In the morning, contin
ued most of the afternoon and then
at night again till about 10:30. when
many of the leading citizens depart
ed for their homes to sleep per
chance to dream of good roads. And
from all Indications those dreama are
more than likely to come true.
There was a large crowd at the
evening session of the good roads
movement and all appeared to be
well pleased with the results, and
with what they heard and learned.
Judge Baldwin of Klamath county
made the first talk and gave an out
line of what good could result from
the building of the road to Crater
lake and Klamath Falls. He stated
that If Jackson county would give
$50,000 that there would be no trou
ble of getting a like amount from
Klamath county.
Judge John H. Scott, the state or
ganizer for the good roads move
ment, was the next speaker. He
stated that the road would cost In
the neighborhood of $500,000 to
construct. Toward this amount
Jackson and Klamath counties would
give the sum of $100,000. Fifty
thousand dollars Is pledged from
outside Interests. With this to start
from he felt reasonably certain that
the state would give $100,000, mak
ing $250,000.
The next move was for the organ
ization and the commission to pro
cure from the national government
a like sum, which would make the
total of $500,000, the full amount
which would be required for the pur
pose. He felt sure that congress
would give the amount asked for If
approached In the right way.
Following Judge Scott, C. 8. Jack
son of the Portland Journal delivered
a witty and an entertaining talk on
good roads and showed what great
advantages these two counties and
the city of Medford would derive
from this road In particular, and
other good roads In general.
County Judge J. R. Neil of Jack
sonville felt sure that Jackson coun
ty would appropriate $25,000 for two
yeara upon the condition that the
other amounts stated would be
raised. He was heartily In favor of
the movement.
Many of the leading citizens and
the large taxpayers of the county
were present and a number of them
made short speeches In which all
were both In favor of the county gtv
Ing the appropriation and all other
matters which would help to advance
the movement.
A petition was prepared during
the day and was largely signed which
had for its purpose the beginning
of an organization for good roads.
Ladles are also going to be asked to
join and social sessions will be held.
The following Is the wording of the
petition:
"We, whose names are hereto
signed, hereby voluntarily associate
ourselves together under the name
of the Jackson County Good Roads
association.
"The purpose of this association Is
to encourage and assist In the con
struction and the maintenance of
permanent public roads In this coun
ty and throughout the state, and we
each personally promise to do every
thing In our power as may be neces
sary to Inaugurate and rarry on the
construction of a system of perma
nent public highways throughout the
state.
The officers of the association
shall consist of a president, a vice
president, secretary and treasurer,
who shall be elected by the members
and shall hold respective office for
one year, and shall discharge such
duties as usually pertain to such of
fices In voluntary associations, or aa
may from time to time bo presented
by the members of this association."
At the close of the meeting a res
olution was passed thanking Judge
Scott and the members of the Cra
ter lake commission for coming here
and for the good work they had ac
complished. After that every one
present went away ready to "boost
for good roads."
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