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THE MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MED FORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1909. CITY WELL CENTRAL New Pump Had to Be Installed to Keep Water Down to Let Men Work. WHOLESALE GROCERS Southern Pacific Starts Work Grad . ing for New Sidetrack South of Depot for Local Company. The (tity woll lutd readied n depth of 42 feet Tiiesilny morning, wIhmi il was iiPdOKHiiry to suspend work 1'nr a I'utipte of lnvh while iiimtlicr and larger pump vvuh houif installed, says 1 lie Herald. A four-inch n-nlrilunl pump and u ten-horse power motor Iiiih lpn iii use keeping the shaft free from water, and when il was found neet'ssary to lower the pump Ut a position nearer the liotlom of the well the flow of water was so lreat that it wan found necessary to secure another pump which might he installed while the present one is at work keeping the' water nnt. When the pump stopped the shaft filled with water to a depth of 12 feet in ahout -10 minutes and it is estimated ' that at the present time the well will afford nearly 17.") gallons of water 4n'tiow in a strata of loose, water- hearing gravel and as soon as the bottom of that is reached tunnels will ho drilled hi two directions to cross cut the water veins. It is expected this will 1'iirni-li an unlimited supply of fine water. The tunnels will also furnish a large reservoir capacity for storage of water. Hids will he called for the construction of the tunnels at once and the work will he pushed with all possible speed. FOR SALE. For Phoenix town property, both improved and unimproved and three good orchards, hoc Mutt Calhoun, . Phoenix, JackHon county, Oregon. A erew of men for the Southern l'ueifie uu J'Yiduy morning btarled to grade for u spur Iraek south of the depot, which will afford shipping fa cilities for the Med ford Grocery com pany, who are planning to erect a large warehouse near that place in the near future. The spur will he put in so that the platform of the new warehouse will ho close to (ho freight cars that are kicked in from the main Hue. Work is to start ttnn the erection of the new building in the very near future. It will he of brick -and was made necessary owing to the fact that the company's business has out grown the company's present quar ters. CLARK HAS TWO CONTRACTS FOR NEW SCH00LH0USES (WANTS I'ASK. Or.. May 21. II. .1. Clark was up recently from Myr tle Creek, where he has the contract i for the huildidng of a sehoolhouse. Ho also has the contract for building the 12,01)1) schoolhouse tit Wood ville. whieh will be ereeted as soon ns he finishes the Myrtle Creek school. (Irants lnss contractors go out of town for contracts while the people of this city send away for contrac tors. At Myrtle Creek Mr. Clark will manufacture the brick right at the school site, the clay being suitable for that purpose. CALLS nev.ydrk:- , LUNACYFACTbRY Noted Alienist Declares Number of Patients in Asylums Is On Increase. GLASS TUMBLERS SATURDAY SPECIALS At , SSEY'S 100 DOZEN PLAIN OR HEAVY GLASS TUMBLERS, A BETTER QUALITY THAN IS USUALLY FOUND AT A MUCH HIGHER PRICE. 50 DOZEN PLAIN GLASS TUM BLERS, A PURE LEAD GLASS. WHILE THEY LAST. PER SET OF SIX, lilTr'AJ.O, N. Y., May 21. New York is the place where inHanity is inuiiiifitctured, saiil Dr. Albert War ren FerriH of Hrooklyn, u member of the Stale Commission in Lunacy, in a lecture on Hie penernl pauses of lunacy before the Men's Club of St. Paul's Church. lie Ciioted statistics showing the relative proportion of iusunc persons in New York to the insane population in the state. lie suiil that in the four State hospitals in Greater New York there arc 11,000 patients, of whom 4.000 are in the. Manhattan State Hospital in Wnnl Island. There -30,000 insane persons In the slate. After Hiving statistics of methods employed by the state in the hospitals and (he need for better conditions, he said: ''Hereditary insanity is not nearly so emphatic these days as in Hie past. Insanity is more hereditary than other diseases. It is a very rare Ihiiifr to find a family in which there has not been tin insane case on one side of the house or I lie oilier with in four generations at least. ''In Ihe larjre centers of populat tion, especially New York, insanity is on the iucrense. This, of course, is caused by the jriviit foreign popula tion lluil is congested inlo the metro polis, i "Kfforts are being made (o stem the lide of insanily by what aro call ed (be After Care commillces and Ihe Social Service committees, which are doing good work on (be conjres(cd Miif Kid,, Nui V.,vl, ii, i, wueie lacy muuuiuciure insanity. There are hundreds of parunoiacs roaming around every day in Ihe stroels of New York and other places. VIIIW UUIVj i ODESSA PROPERTY Will Later Make Summer rtesort of Upper Lake Near Pelican , Bay. KLAMATH r'ALl.K, May 21. I).. H. Campbell tndiiy completed the sale of Odessa property owned "by Mary Griffith to Col. W. If. Unlit bird. This beautiful place, situated on I'elieau Hay, Fpper Lake, lies four miles south of Pelican Lodge, and has for years been a widely known summer resort. The personal property was reserv ed b Mrs. Griffith. Possession will be given soon to the new owner ami t he hotel will be closed. Mr. Ilolnbird says that when the proper time comes, a modern hotel, catering to the best class of tourist travel, will probably he built at Odessa, and the wagon road leading to Crater Lake made as good as pos sible. liy owning both the .(i2 acres at Pelican lodgc ami the 480 acres at Odessa, drainage canals can be econ omieiilly made to redeem all the marsh belonging to the two places, turning them into timothy buy mea dows. Of course il is known that .Mr. I lolahird is the special represent u five of K. II. Iliirriman, and it may be Ihta Mr. llarriutan is the real owner The IVIiean Lodge property still stands as W. II. Holahird the record owner, and he takes title to Odessa. The two properties unquestion ably comprise the very best summer: resort location in Eastern Oregon. It ' is not known what price was paid : Mrs. Gril'ith, but it must have been a pretty stiff one. Small Bearing and Young Groves on Easy Terms We have subdivided into small tracts the fatuous Quid Range Orchard, two miles south of Medford, adjoining Ihe Bear Creek and Burrell orchards, and uow offer a limited number of the choicest orchard tracts for sale on reasonable terms. This is your opportunity (o secure bearing orchard, or young orchard, or both bearing and young orchard, consisting of the choicest varieties of pears and apples. The tracts range in size from five to 27 acres. The soil is the best in the valley Bear cek bottom land. The old trees on these tracts have produced record breaking crops that brought record prices in eastern markets for years past. No such chance was ever offered before to secure such orchard tracts., , Rogue River Investment Co. Ill NORTH D STREET MONEY FOR CLEVELAND I MEMORIAL COMES FREELY ; ('MICAdO, May 21. The coinmill- ce (o which was instructed Ihe rais ing of .$100,000 to erect u memorial statue to drover Cleveland is experi encing no difficulty in obtaining funds. About- half oof the sum has been subscribed. 50 Cents Crops of fruit have been aided, and ' with warm weather, prunes, cherries. Imrveslcd in uhuulancc. Medford TiraeTaWe SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY. Prepaid Railroad Orders. "Something, which is of consider able interest to the public generally and which is perhaps not generally known is the system of prepaid or ders now in effect between stations of the Southern Pacific company and all points ill the United States. By means of this system tickets may be purchased at Medford from any place in the United Slates and mail ed or telegraphed direct to the party wishing to come here. Sleeper ac commodations and small amounts of cash in connection with (hese tickets may also be forwarded at the same time." Compare the Quality It is, and always has been our aim to supply our customers with goods of the highest quality and te that end we art always adding quality to our line. The addition of "preferred stock" makes our h!'. , I. -J'. . 10 DOZEN HEAVY CRYSTAL GLASS TUMBLERS. A REGULAR HOTEL TUMBLER, TOMORROW, 60c set 30 DOZEN PLAIN AND FANCY GLASS TUMBLERS. A HEAVY WEIGHT. GOOD. CLEAN GLASS, HERE TOMORROW. PER SET OF SIX. 25c Set 2 DOZEN PLAIN GLASS WATER JUGS. SALE PRICE, 50c Set 300 PAPER NOVELS, THE USU AL 25c RETAIL: DIG LINE OF SUB JECTS: WHILE THEY LAST. 10c EACH. 5 FOR 25c Set 200 PIECES OF FANCY GLASS WARE, HERE TOMORROW, REG ULAR 50c VALUES. SALE PRICE 25c each 2 DOZEN LEATHER HAND BAGS $1.50 TO $2.50 VALUES. CLEARING OUT PRICE. EACH J 1.00 and $1.50 DON'T FORGET WE ARE HEAD QUARTERS FOR POST CARDS. ALL VIEW CARDS H ERE ARE 1 cent each I Northbound. KifOrcgon Express... 5:24 p.m. 1 lil'orlland KNjiress 9:-l'.ln.m. I Southbound o("alifornin Rxp. . . J 1 0 :3o a. in. 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