j i i: Boost the Development of the Rogue River Country by Subscribing Liberally to the new Medford Pamphlet UNITED PRESS DISP ATCHES By far the largoit and belt atwi report ojp piper lq Southern Orogon. edlfordl Daily Oilwie. The Weather ' Increusa:g cloudiness. Ruin westtra portion. Wanner. , I HIKD VK.VK. MKDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY (i. U0). No. 275. CITY ENGINEER TENDERS COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT CRUSHING OF ROCK STOPPED Enough on Hand at Pre sent to Complete All Work Contracted For Hllierintelllent (hipnilin of ill.- V:ir ron Construe tion eompuiiy hn lnii iliiwn the; nx'k iruslur lii-:ir Jiirks.in villc, Laving euoiiKh roi-k on blind In rnnin-lete nil ii ftho street rk run trarted fur lit the present time-. I n less tlin !itinM nud eoumil tOlltllllM fuon fur nifiru ivurk, thi company will wake nmiugomonts to roiimvo their pli-nt, f nllowi tint i'oiii.!iiun of tin pres. 1. 1 work, which eoiiHists of two hlfii'ka on (Vntrnl iiviniie and two liloi'kii on Hoventh under thn or ii n'i I eontruet. TIuti? hits linen consiiicrnblo discus hiiiii of paving other streets, but uoth il. -finite Iiiih as yet boon done. Crushed ruek is piled up nt thn ipmr ry, the plant and in Medford, and iu HUtlieient quantities lo coniplelo the Work. AMUSEMENTS. Kerry Oow" at the Medford. Tin- play which ill yearn ago started .' Murphy on his way to fame, hunched Arthur t 'uiiuuigham on the turbulent waters of hlnrdom. There -idd in, 10 doubt ufter seeing Cun i.ingham as Dim O'llnrn that Joseph .Murphy trot onry has a 'worthy ' suV feasor, hut also that iu some' respects the now o'Huru is hotter than tho old. Cunningham' is u better singer than . Murphy. an his songs are u feature of tho ' 4 Ki'rry (low. ' ' The incidents iu the play are all said to be founded on actual occur rences, hut whether that is so or not dyes not mutter. There is a weulth of 1 rish humor mailing t h rough t hi? ditt Jogue mnl the characters and the situ at inns are typical of Ireland. Mr. 'uuuiiiglium is supported hv an xcellcnt company and the scenic, pro diction in carried out to the fullest detail. The M-i I'm cl tlate it Moinlnv, Jnnu j ary H. ' Bitf Comedy Show at Bijou Theater. Fur next Monday nilit the manage mej.t nt' the llij.ui has secured the li.-ui iier attracll'nii of th.1 season. Miss Ca i-it'.illc Ke.irns. supported by an excel lent company; present thn screaming i-otiM dy.. "A Husband on Salary." Miss Keams htts gained an euviahle reputation before the footlights and her appearand in the big comedy produc tion that will be put on at the Hijou Monday niyht never fails to receive the hearty endorsement of public and press. The management regrets being unable to engage this company for n lunger period than one night, but the com itiiiiv's schedule will not permit it. There will be but one performance of three nets Monday night, February S. Seats are now on sal" at Htissey's cash "tore during the da': ml in the evening nn sale at the Hijou. Owing to the limited seating en pacitv, it will be well fur those expecting to attend to re- "nerve their steas at once. MARRIED. STONK-TA V Loll In Medford, Feb "ruaTV 1, by Rev. Samuel M. Dnrrance, K. n. Stone and Myrtle II. Taylor. HAMlLToX.-SKARS In Central Point on February .t by T. M. Jones. .1. P.. Jesse Hamilton and fiotdena J. Scars. W'SH Y TPRNKR In Medford on l ebruary 1. by Rev. C. H. Hoxic. S. M. Duhv and Lulu Turner. Still nt it. 'ash in still cutting the i-riee on yrnceries at the Hex firocery ( n. fffirmerlv Miller & Ewbnnk-. 275 HERE'S A CHANCE FOR ALL THE BOYS NEW YORK. Feb. 0. Four hundred fiernian maidens from Wnrtetnburg arrived here today cu the (iraf Waldersee. en rout, to- Oregon to find husbands. The attention of the German girl was drawn to Oregon by pirtnrr "hwn them by Mrs. Freida Walburg. vife of nn Ore gon sheepherder. wh is report ed as responsible for the immi gration of the girls. REVIEWS WORK DONE DURING PAST YEAR P01NTS0UT PROGRESS Force Hat Never Been Adequate to Handle Volume of Work Honest Conscientious Effort Has Been Made In Evory Particular. i'Uy Kugiitetr T. V. Osgotid, on Fri la.v evening submitted hi report of th- work dono during the year l'JOS tu tho city-council. The report covers in di tail the vant stridea towards improve iiieut that the city has made, Eugiueor Osgood hii vi-rliLiuly had his bauds full w:th tho work of hiu department, nnd those who have criticized the ongiu oer's work us . big expense, can now see what has been done. Without an enginoeriug force uni'er able munage ment the work dune could not Ituve been accomplished so rapidly. The report follows: Mint ford, Oregon, February 2, 19U1K Annual report of the City Engineer for the Year Nineteen Hundred Eight.. To tho llonorublo Muyor and City Council Gentlemen: I havo the honor tu submit to you herewith tho annual report of the engineering department for the year ending December 91st, 10UH. The beginning of tho year in que tion was undoubtedly tho beginning of n transition period for Medford, iu which she will with persistent offurta gradually assume tho requisites of n city. At that time there was I it t lo to boast of, either in office records, outside equipment or in municipal improvement dependent thereon. At no time during thn past year has there been Ichs than twico the amount of work on hand as was possible for the -fort'fl employed tu handle. These conditions being of course u serious hinddraduco to tho progress of the work. This department of thn city govern ment is generally the most eriteized, probably bee u use It is the least under stood. However, 1 can vouch for aa honest ami conscientious effort on tho part of I those directly connected with the work,1 whiidi for the past year is as follows: j All such work having been done) strictly by the authority of the city council. I Beaurvey. 1 I'pon this work ihe development vt the city has a direct bearing and is then-fore most essential. Progress along this line is as follows: Cross section lnels have bee yrun uii Eighty one street a, aggregating 22 11! iniU-H, thus completing this work uii nil Htriets with the corporate limits. The abmu dutu has been compiled on profile shield together with the plans and grades of the respective Streets. Street centers hava beeu checked up and l":t cement monumeuls set at street intersections. This data covers about ene half of the city and has been en tered upon the new city mup, which is now iu coure of construction and will be completed as soon as time permits. One hundred and twenty one bench arks and turning points have been es Wiblished throughout the city and re- corded nn the office records. Quarry. To meet the demand for street im provement, it was found necessary to llrst locate a rock quarry. During the month of April, 19M8, the city engineer investigated all of the feasible sources of rock supply for this city, i e.( along the line of the Southern Pacific roil wov from Gold Ray to Ashland; be tween Medford and Eagle Point nn the Pacific A Eastern railway; along the Rogue River Valley railway be tween Medford and .Jacksonville, and all of that district around Medford within teaming distance of the city. Samples of rock were taken from the several localities and tested as to their qualifications as a road building mate rial. The rork secured from a ledge above Jacksonville gave a superior test as shown by the following communica tion: Mr. T. W. Osgood. City Engineer, Medford, Or. Dear Sir: We havo re ceived report from Warren Construc tion Brothers company's laboratory at Hostoa, Mass., on the stone you sent us. The trap rock, more particularly clas sified as a diorite. in an exceedingly hard, tough rock. Loss by abrasion in air nVnn revolu tions .'.ft per cent. Loss by abrasion in water flO.nno rev-olntinns-, -r Icr cent. Absorption. 1 pr rent. This tst sh"w the rock to be a hard as trno rock generally "'"urs and we cnsider it a very mperinr stnne for r..ad building purposes, being deficient enly iu binding material, which can be 1 readdv added. If the trap rock, of which yn sent us a sample, is in quantities luffieient for your requirements, you are inde-d furtuoate. SHIPS SAIL FOR HOME Saluted by Dozen War ships, Fleet Starts on Last Leg of Voyage GIBRALTAR, Feb. 0. Cannons on a doEcn foreign warships iu tho har bor boomed farewell to the American battleship fleet, which sailed on the Inst leg of its long journey around the world today. Tho ships weighed anchor at 9 o'clock and steamed from the har bor in single formation. Captain Kdward F. (juult rough, the commnnder of the battleship Georgia, who was found guilty of conduct un becoming nn officer bv the naval court martial, whoRe verdict was announced today, will bn susp-Mided six months and given n loss of ten numbers in rank. Rear Adiuii;-. Sperry , upproved the finding of the court. Ordinarily tho president would have done this. Very truly yours, WARREN'' CONSTRT'CTrp,V CO. By V. S. ARCHAMREAU. For tho above reason nnd thnt the rock is accessible, 't woe decided to purchase a quarry ut this point. In June, 190H, the city purchased 10 acres as a quarry site.. Plans for the equipment were then prepared by this office nnd the work completed ns follows: At Jacksonville Rock bunkers, 100 cubic yards capacity; 1 Western rock crusher (on hand-; 1 Western . rock crusher (harrowed from Jackson county-. Tho a hove, complete with elevators, Screens and power-transmission devices. 1 50-11. P. electric motor complete (motor nn hand-. Motor house-and blacksmith shop. Spur track from R. R. V. depot to qunry, ansa feet. Four rock hammeij, 12 picks , 22 pieces drill steel, 10 shovels, 1 spoon. 4 wheelbarrows, 1 forging hammer, 1 anvil, 1 hardy, 1 chisel, I center punch, 1 forge, 1 blower, 1 drill hammer, 1 pinch bar, 1 vice, 2 one-yard steel dump cars, Oft feet 12 pound rails. PM feet H-pound rails, powder, fuse, etc. At Medford Rock hunkers, tilt cubic yards, capacity; trestle, 2S0 feet long; tuilwuy siding, .ISO feet long. Tho cash outlay to date on the uIiovm is as follows: Purchase price of b.n.l $UMO.im Equipment at Medford ...... KM.fi'i Total ti520.K.-. Engineering 2.1 "i. SO Total tiS50.0.; As seen by the above figures, the en gineering amounts to 4 1-2 per cent, being within the usual charge of 5 per cent for such work. However, the same is higher than the following rates on other work, being due to the remote ness of the Jacksonville work and the difficulty experienced in locating the M ed f o rd r f e k bins, the sa m e having been designed and staked off three times before fginal location was made. As revenue on the above expenditure the city receives from the Warren Con struction company 10 cents per cubic v:-.rd for 5121) cubic ynrds of rock used iu the improvement of Main street, amounting to ."12.ilf), or interest on the investment at the rate of 8.7 per cent fori period of six months. Assuming that as much paving be done during the next six months ns has been laid during the past six months, tho city's quarry will bear interest nt he rate of IT 14 per cent for the first "7t5enUoetiM TMT-) TO ROGUE In no way can you better aid the development o! the Rogae River Valley than by seeing W.M.French and subscribing to the fund for sending the delega tion of five business men to Salem Sunday to lobby for the Crater Lake road appropriation. HANLEY SERVES T HE WILL EIGHT Osenbrugge Will Hold City Responsible In Bear Creek Matters -Ladies Plan Im provement ol Block Near Park -Asks for Franchise M. F. Hnnley, through his attorney, A. J$; ltennies, on Friday evening serv ed uoticn on the city council thnt he will fight the city iu the matter of luying the pipeline for tho water gruv ity y.d piii to Little Ftutte creek, neross his land. For over a mile tho Hue will cross Mr. Hnnley ' meadow land. Dy his written notice ho informed the city thnt he would not agree to their proposal to leave the assessment to a board of arbitration, and that tin ilor no circumstances would he allov the pipe to cross his meadow land. The council discussed tho mater, not taking any definite nction. ) Telephone Franchise,' The Citizens' Telephone comiuiny ten dered their application for a fm'uchise to the council, iu the samo form as wn previously published iu The Tri bit no. A protest from a uumber of citizens was'nlso tendered the council. Both matters were referred to the com mittee on streets and sewers for in vestigation. Would Beautify Park. The council was addressed by Mrs. M. F. Alt'ord, on behalf of the Greoler Medford club, asking that steps be taken immediatelv to turn over block near the West school, so that il might bo improved by thn club. It is planned to erect thereon n Carnegie library if Mr. Carnegie can be induced to tender $20,000. X. S. Dennett, th" nurseryman, will give the club the shrubbery for park ing the block. Tlx matter was taken under consideration by th council and will be granted probably in the near future. Osenbrugge Warns City. As an aftermath of the Dear creek trouble, F. Osenbrugge warned the city council that he would hold the citv re sponsible for any damage done his land jiesulting from the relief work being carried on ia the creek. Mr. Osenbrug I ge stated 1 hat by t hnus turning t he current nf the creek his land was en dangereil. The protest went to the en in mittee on si reels and sewers. Minor Business. The plat of the Roaurke subdivision Mid the Wolverton ,:ul division were ac cepted by the council. Engineer llnbeits called to the conn eil's attention th. matter of thet tele phone line along the pipeline. Referred to the special committee wMh power to act. S.mi h Walnut st i.c had its name ehagod to Tripp street. The chief of police v.t.h ordered to have properly owners clean up the ul Icy running from Sixth to Eighth street bet ween I t ut nil :. venue and Front street. William K-nnedy, John Harrington i:u G. M. Itordeuu were granted liquor licenses. It. II. Ilniley petitioned for a permit to build an addition io the Palace hotel. Mm. Milos petitioned for a permit to remodel the front of her building on Seventh. I T.et us save you a trip to town. I el Iephone or tell ns and our solicitor will call regularly for your grocery order. I The Rex Grocery Co. 27.1 RIVER VALLEY notice SECOND DELEGATION LEAVE EOLKS MEET - Hold Jol,y Reunlon ln An" gle Opera House-Large Number Attend The Xortb Dakota society of the Rogue River valley, held a jolly re union and semi annual banquet in the Angle opera house. The state of Xorth Daktoa certainly furnished its share of people in populating Medford. Cov ers were laid for 13- guests. A well arranged program was ren dered and a splendid time ensued. Pres ident H. T. Hull presided, the tostmns tor being F. K. Merrick. H. 11. Loom is served some of his famous coffee. Those present were: V. NT. Campbell ami family, D. McKillop and family, J. K. Watt and liimily, J. 1). lluchannn and family, F. E. Merrick and family, S. A. Nye and family, L. Hatlield and family, II. O. Cook and family, IL II. Tuttle r.nd family, Frank Tuttle nnd family. O. X. Wilson and family, 11. T. Wilson and family, E. X. Campbell and fain ily, W. . Glasgow nud family, II. M. Wilson and family, J. W. Jncobs and family, D, W. Luke nnd family, George Troiehler and daughter, Miss Gertrude; C. M. English and family; W. T. York and family, C. I). Wolverton and fnm ily. A. E. Wolverton and family, A. S. Pliton nud family, G. R. Wilkerson and family, Thomas Moff itt and family, licit Marshall and family, C. IL Mur ray and family, F. J. Newsan and fnm ily, II. D. True and family, W. J. Pur bidge and family, IL H. It rumble nnd family, W. It. Adams and family, M. W. Tuttle and family, Emil Jargons and family, II. W. Goodell nnd family, M. C. Murray and family, Mrs. M. J. Lundv. Mrs. O. It. Lundy, Stella and Elli Sehuler. Olive, Frances nnd Rut Agnew. Inn Goodale, W. Watt. J. A. Rose, J. II. Carkin, Samuel Glasgow. H. D. Drumble, E. F. Adams, Carl Glasgow. GOOD PRICES RECEIVED FOR MAJORITY OF FRUIT CROP PENDLETON, Or.. Feb. -"i Less than o per cent of the 190K .at crop for this county is in the hands of the growers at the present time, according to estimates made by local grain buy cms. Only a comparatively few sma'i lots remain unsold mid it is expect I thnt llnse will he transferred within .i few days. This has been a prosperous year for the farmers of I'matilla county, for the high prices have enabled them to make i, good margin of profit despite the loss of fully one fourth of their crop by drouth and the prevalence of smut. The lowest price of record paid for wheat this year was 7:i cents, while the highest was Si eenti. The number of growers receiving as high as HO cents was large. So far the crop prospects fur the en suing vear are unusually bright. No loss was suffered because of the recent cold weather and the damage sustained in the dust storm of Tuesday is consul ered insignificant. The growing grain has already been furnished with more moisture than was afforded last year's crop, while the farmers of the county have never before u-ed so much core in preparing their seed wheat in an effort to escape the ravages of smut. John W. Smith of Talent was do ing business nt th" county seat on Friday, as was nlso W. Free and John Drown of Central Point. BOOSTERS IN DAKOTA SUNDAY FOR SALEM WILL BE MADE UP OF FIVE GITIZENS TO BOOST FOR ROAD Subscription List Being Paused Around Delegation Will Stay With Crater Lake Appropriation Until It Is Acted Upon by Legislature. A imiviMuflut. lieu bcun sunt1!!, tbt sui't'OHH of wluiih serin certain, to semi five uf tbu roprest'Dtativii bu.iuctw meu of Mi'ilfuril lo Snlem on Humluy eve uiiiR, lo follow up tho mutter of secur ing tho 1'rntor liiko ronil npnronrintion. Tim movement mis started by n number of local business meu, nnd tho circula tion uf tho subscription list pluced in tho hnnds of W. M Krench, who is meeting with splendid success. The five meu will be chosen from uuiiiii( 'he lending business men of the eily. -I hoy will urrive In Hnloin Mon day morning and will work in tho in lereslH of the impropriation until it is et il upon by the legislature. There ia a 1'i'eliuy about the city Hint the good way thnt has been nd viinied so fur should bo continued lest Ihe efforts made should, through not properly being followed up, come to nought. Among the men buck of the move ment is Mnyor Canon, W. 1, Vnwter, .1. K. Knyurt, Dr. J. P. llcddy, W. M. Krench nnd mnnv others. All of the leeol merchants are ("tiding their assist ance by substantial contributions. A meeting is planned for this eve iiing in the Hotel Xnsh, where plnns will be discussed ind the delegation chosen. SUPERINTENDENT SMITH 1 FILES HIS REPORT The report of Superintendent V. 0. Mini i h of the Medford schools to the hoard of cshool directors, filed Friduy, 'S as follows: I herewith submit to you the follow ing report of tho Medford public schools for tho report month ended Jr nuary 22: No. pupils on register at end of mouth Average number of pupils bo longing this shcool year .... 773 7H1 Whole number of days nttend- auee for the month 1 1 ,04H V;j Whole number of rdays ' absence during tho month Whole number of times late ,. Number of pupils neither absent nor late I OP IT; 12.- " 47:1 7.10 V. 0:1 u. 12 Average daily attendance .... Per cent of attendance Number of visits by parents.. The report month completed the llrst! half of tin vear. Examinations on the) work of the half-year were completed during the last week of the report. month. Gratifying improvement over picviniia examination of the term was very noticeable in ell grades and de partments of the schools. With a con tinuation of close rtlention to the daily work of pupils, both oral and written, we expect to achieve still more gratify ing results during the remainder of the school year. Since the beginning of tho second half of the school t"rm, we have been operating under th new conditions produced by the semi-nnnual promotion plan in the grades. The work Is start ing off under the new scheme very aim picionsly and, while the first half year under the new plan will be less satis factory than hereafter, we are hearing from I he teachers most gratifying re ports. With the beginning of next schoi I term the plan will undoubtedly prove equally gratifying in the first year's work in the high school. Respect f till v submitted, V. (i. SMITH. Superintendent of Schools, The Ideal Young Woman From Young Men's Standpoint, Sunday night the pastor of the Chris tian church will give n sermon-lecture cn I he above subject, using unswers given by young men of the city in the a fit ess. Note the questions: 1 , Must the ideal voung woman be a ChristianT 2, Will she use slang or profane speech or lead a poodle, ;t. Are dancing. tnrd playing or wine drinking acconiphsh'in'nts which von admire in her f I. Does it mar or help her as an ideal to be able to Ir-ep house or make her own clothes? .". Shall we judy" her by the same standard of morals hv which we judge voung men? U. What are some common faults of voung women? 7. What one trait or quality do yon admire most iu voung women f At tabernacle Sunday night. Come ilw. following Sundav. "The Ideal Voting Ma" will be discussed. TO "CM" TELLS OF EXPERIEflGE Discusses Bell Telephone Servici Says it Is Bad and no Excuse for Sine We ure asked by the Bull tolepnoaa ' representative to kindly accent an- other three years of this magnificent service that wo have been receiviog at their.handi. Now they don't nr m in just these words, but that is just irhst ii means io us pat rone, for they oif have a three years' franchise, tod does anyone think for a minute that they will go ahead and install an up to date system ou aa short timo franchise as . this? Xot on your life. A corporation, like tho individual, never uiude truly better throuffh th fear of thn law; it doesn't Inspire the public with confidence uf tar all thJs ' timo of tho rankest service that a com munity was over culled uuon to endur. To eumo out now in large headlines la ' our na 1 1 ies and iwwuro the lufferUu" patrons how good they intond to he. is there any excuse for a telephone'' system being run in such a nunaer ' thut onn has to stand nnd ring central from eight to ten times bofore being' answered? There is something eerv tuiuly wrong with the equipment or, , system, for 1 believe the operator do, tho best they can with what they havW' to work with, us I huvo always found, them ready nnd very willing to do the ; Lent they could with the equipment r ' their hands, X, for one, hare had' ' enough, and if Mr. Mursh has anything -to offer, for heaven i suae, give bla a hearing. From one who puys bis telephone bul. regularly and occasionally gets eery--ice. CITIZEN. PLEASANT PABTY OIVEN ' IN HONOR OF MISS ANqLB One of the pleasant est of a number of affairs which huvo been given Lo hooi.r of Miss Ptue Angle, whose mar ring is to occur this month, was the misiellnneous shower last Monday eve ning at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Jo seph f;ulp. r Miss Hanks nnd Miss Manning were the hostesses on this occasion, and prof cd themselves most admirable enter tainer. '" The rooms were berutiful. Hearts in delicnto pink formed the chief motif of tho decorations and were used in mi artistic abandon that transformed the houso into a veritable1 fuiryland. The charm of tho scene being much en hanced by n profusion of pink carna tions. Tho color scheme was ulso car ried out in thn plnco cards, which were beaut i fully done in water colors. While the guests played progressive hearts. Miss Inez Hoyt rendered selec tions from "II Trovatore." "The Bur gomaster," "Hearts nnd Flower' wnd other operas. , 1 he prir.o, n dozen carnations, was awarded to Miss Frances II ask ins, for her dexterity in giving away the great est number of hearts. While the'oa solation prize, a bottle of ketchup, wl won hv Miss Marjore Woods. Refreshments wern daintily served, onsisting of salad, mndwichrs, cukes, ices and -coffee, to which the 30 young Indies present did ample justice, after which ill gathered n round a huge bas ket to admire tho g'fts for the bride, many of which were, of solid silver, cut glass, linen, etc. A most enjoyable evening was speat and one which will long linger ia the memory of those present. ' The church will bo tastefully decorat d with national colors. Let every pa triotic American attend law eerviee. Seatj free. Itring your friends. T. J. Dell and Ilcrr Hell, two tajeat iti.ens were in tho connty seat os Thursday. LONDON GLOBE IS BUTTING IN LONDON, Feb. Comment ing on President Roosevelt attitude toward the California legislature on the anti-Japanese measures, the London Olobo to day criticizes him for his action, hi remonstrating, it says: "The president's remonstrance might be of a more dignified nature. Telegrams have the tone of an angry schoolmaster nud are hardly worthy of the head of a notion." .... 1 1