THE MEDFORD DAILY TBtBUME, MEDFOR1), OREOON. WEDNESDAY, SEI'TEMDEH 15, 100!).
Medford Daily Tribune
Official Paper of the City of Medford.
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THE BAN REUS! PART IN LIFE.
Tonight the bankers of Jackson county meet to form a
.. permanent organization, and this calls attention to the all
important part that the banker plays in the life of the
(ommmiity, and the influence this association may have
upon the development of the Rogue River valley.
About the banker, more than about any individual,
revolves the commercial life of the locality. The guardian
of the people's funds, the encourager of enterprise, the
financial adviser of the multitude and the unit between
capital and credit, the banker plays an all-important role.
Upon his foresight and wisdom, upon his progressiveness
depends largely the progress of the community.
The successful modern banker is usually a broacl-mind-.
ed man. The narrow type, familiar in days of yore, the
banker intent only upon taking advantage of the misfor
tunes of humanity, like a pawn broker, to grow rich him
self, is becoming scarcer and scarcer, and it is a good thing,
for frequently the banker's rise in wealth was reflected
in the decay of the town, whose finances he 'eontroled.
The banker must be a good business man, because he is
entrusted with the savings of many. He must also have
- red blood in his veins, for he is the confident of the widow
and the orphan, and must shield them from misfortune,
and the guide and adviser of the fanner, the business and
professional men, and must ever place their interests above
his own.
Upon the banker largely depends the credit of the
community, and of the individuals comprising it, and
"credit," said Daniel "Webster, "has done more, a thou
sand times, to enrich nations than all the mines of the
world," and as has also been said, "the banks are creators,
distributors and conservators, of- credit, This power,
mightier than armies,-is within certain limits, under their
control. They can use this force to encourage or to dis
courage." Jackson county is fortunate in having broad-minded
and progressive men among those ruling its financial des
. tiny. So here's good luck to the Clearing House associa
tion, hoping that it unites the commercial and financial
interests of the county for its greater prosperity.
NATIONAL WEALTH AND THE FARM.
"National Wealth and the Farm" is the title of a recent
address by James J. Hill, an appeal to those in charge of
the wealth and industry of the country to exert their in
fluence in the direction of better fanning. Mr. Hill said in
part:
"The farm is our main reliance." Every other activity
depends upon that. The farnis of this country are now
adding annually over eight billion dollars to the total of our
assets; a total which, unlike that of manufacturing and
other industries, represents not value conferred by human
labor upon somevmaterial already existing, but yalue . act
ually created out of elemental tilings. This is the annual
miracle of the earth ; quite as wonderful as if a new planet
should appear in space each twelvemonth. It is the niolher
of every other form of human industry. Our tillable area
may be made to support millions of people greatly multi
plied after the last bit of mineral lias been extracted from
the earth, and man's ingenuity' in fashioning tools and fab
rics has passed its hunt. I here is no comparison in volume,
in value and hi relation to human enterprise and the very
continuance of human life between 1he cultivation of, the
soil and any oilier occupation.
"The situation, then, sums itself up tfms: We have
almost reached a point where, owing to increased popu
lation without increased production per acre, our home
food supply will be insufficient for our own needs; within
ten years, possibly less, we are likely to become a wheat
importing nation; the percentage of the population en
gaged in the agriculture and the wheat product per acre
are both falling; at the same time the cost of living is
raised everwhere by this relative scarcity of bread, bv av
tificial increase in the price of all manufactured articles
.ttt.l l.t. .. ..f 2. . .1 1 1 1 . i
una n, iuiuii in extravagance wiuen n;is enlarged Uie view
of both rich and poor of what are to be considered the w
cessiues oi me. xiiese plain tacts should disturb and
arouse not only the economic student, but the men who arc
most intimately related to the wealth of the nation and most
concerned that it shall not suffer loss or decrease.
"What we must come to and the signs of the times
indicate that we cannot make head in that direction too
rapidly is the smaller farm, with a more intensive agri
culture. We support, in round numbers, ninety millions
of people on three million square miles of land. We should
be able to support 150 per square mile as easily as 30; ami
then we should have but a fraction of the densitv of pop
ulation of Denmark with 107 inhabitants per square milv,
Holland with 448, or our own state of Rhode Island with
407 in 1900. But the "education of a whole people in right
methods of tillage is a stupendous task. If it should take
us fifty years, we would by that time probably have doubled
our population also, and barely kept pace with our neces
sities. But we have not vet accomplished the mere nrelim
. i
inaries of such a process.
"What has to be taught is not abstruse. "While high-
grade farming can furnish employment for the best intel
ligence, instruction in a few simple subjects will enable the
ordinary farmer to double his product. He needs to be
taught how to prepare a' field properly for the seed; how
to select and where to get the seed that will yield the best
return; ho wto cultivate each crop; how to combine stocl
raising with tillage; and how to rotate his crops and pre
serve unimpaired riie richness-of his soil. On his own farm.
with the material and the object lesson before him, under
instruction that conies with public authority and sanction,
he will be a pupil apt to learn. It is on a par with the im
portance of the public school. We have not yet made a be
ginning; but everv other interest and everv other item of
proposed legislation might well wait until we do.
"An eminent historian, scanning the history of mort
than twenty-five hundred years with the eye of the phil
osopher, determined to extract from this vast store of facts,
according to the modern scientific method, some fixed prin
ciple in the affairs of men, announces this as his conclu
sions: 'The only durable conquests, even in ages of bar
barism, are conquests made by the plow.' If this was true
of the rude ages when men lived for the sword, and the
tiller of the earth was either a slave or a still more wretched
peasant, it is far truer today, when civilization has built
her imposing fabric upon therexpected bounty of the earth.
AVe must maintain, protect, and extend these conquests by
which the race has won its way. It is not, as in' the old
mythology, Atlas whom we see groaning beneath the weight
of the world upon his shoulders, but the homelier and hum
bler f igure of the cultivator of the soil. It is for each of us,
in every capacity, public and private, to do what in us lies
to enlighten, reinvigorate and sustain this common bene
factor of our kind."
FIRST STORE FOR THE
AST SIDE PLANNED
Residence Section Is Growing So
Rapidly That Suburban Store Is
Badly Needed on That Side.
Tin; East Side is at last to have n
grocery store and a men t market.
Frank Hyliec and the Tluil brother
are back of the venture and their
plans have so far progressed that if
matters do not miscarry their place of
business will open in October.
They have secured a lot, and on it
will erect a store building which will
bouse a grocery store and meat mar
ket. They plan to run a store mod
ern in all respects, which, in view
of the rapidity increasing populiition
on the Kast Side, will prove a uro Cit
able venture, as well as building up
the Kast Side in rapid order.
It is expected Unit once a subur
ban store is started on that side of
the city, that cithers will follow in
short order. The residents arc al
ready after n school and will proba
bly soon obtain one.
F. y. Allen, merchant and capi
talist of Trail, Or., yesterday look
advantage of the low prices on Med
ford real estate and closed a deal
with (he Ttenson Investment company
for the remaining unsold lots in the
Woodluwn Heights Addition.
Vulture and Rattltr.
Ad odd battle between a California
vulture and u rattlesnake was wit
nessed In the Cocopab mountains or
Lower California. It was In Ibe early
morning. The big bird had twined tho
snake behind the liend and wuh strug
gling upward with Its writhing, deadly
burden. The snake's captor appeared
aware that Its victim was dangerous.
The burden was heavy, as the reptile
was nearly live feet long.
The grip of the bird on the snake's
body was not of the best. The snako
seemed to be squirming from Its cap
tor's talons.' at least sutllclently to en
able it to strike. Its triangular bead
was seen to recoil and dart at the
mass of feathers.
It did this once or twice, and then
with a shriek the vulture dropped its
prey. The bird was probably 500 feet
or so above the observers. The as
tonished men were then treated to a
spectacle seldom seen. Few birds but
a vulture could accomplish such .a feat.
- The Instant the snake escaped from
the bird's clutches It dropped earth
ward like n shot, and like a shot the
bird dropped after it, catching If In
midair with a grip that caused death.
At any rale, the snake ceased to wrig
gle, and the vulture soared away to n
mountain peak to devour its hard
earned meal.
mill-era' mess, u man of humble posi
tion nml uniU'olentliiUHly dressed. Cap
tain It ti ii tic considering that this
guest hud not been lltly received, gnvo
expression fo his opinion, saying Hint
if (lie cicculluncr of ('oiniiicrcy had
coino In evening dress ho would have
hud a better reception. The ollleers
demurring, he imido no rejoinder, but
shortly afterward enmo to mess with
a guest whoso dress was Irrcproiich
Ohio. Kvery one lavished attentions
on tho unknown. When dinner was
over Cnptnln Itiullio, raising his gluss,
proposed the health of "tho execution
er of Comtnerey,"
A Clever Aorobat.
A diverting unci-doto is told lu "An
nals of the Liverpool Stage" of au
unrehearsed episode that occurred at
tho Hop, a cheap but popular placo of
entertainment. A troupe of acrobats
wuro engaged, nud one of their mini,
her gure a "single turn" in which ho
displuyuil his skill as n champion
weight lifter. Somebody, howevor, ot
mischief bent, changed ouo of tho flf-ty-slx
pound weights for ono inado of
cardboard. Tho strong man's vision
was Impaired by tho loss of ouo eye.
but In this Instunco not unfortunately
so. Ilu took tho llrst and secoud
weights, and after having manipulat
ed tlicin he took the third, the one
mndu of cardboard. Itoallxlng In on
Instant what had ticen done, he as
quickly decided to turn It to his own
advantago by throwing three "Hip
flaps" while holding tho dummy
weight, lie was greeted with a ier
fuct round of applause, nud the audi
ence deelared it to be the greatest
feat they hud eves witnessed.
Not Built That Way.
'or the llrst time the old lady was
about to make a railway Junrncv. and
when she arrived at the station she
did not know what to do.
"Young iiiiiii. she said to a porter,
who looked n limit as old as Methuse
lah. "n ti you tell me where I can get
my ticket V"
'Why. mum." he renlleil.',,vou net It
at' the linking olllee through tho pigeonhole."
living very Mont, hIic looked at tho
hole in aimr.ciiiciii. and then she .burst
mi In a niL'c:
;. n way wild .Mill, von old Idiot!
How i jm triii ibrniiuh there? 1 alu't
no btossi.il pii-inn'."-London Answers.
Spices nnd extracts at HI)
street.
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Kegnl shoes at Daniels for Duds.
CITY MrtTirrt
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NOTICE TO CEMENT A XI) I'AVINU
CONTRACTORS.
Notice is hereby given that the city
council of tho city of Medford, Ore
gon, will receive sealed proposals for
ho paving of Orange street from Main
street to Fourth street, and West
Tenth street from Oakdalo avenue to
Hamilton street, with bitulilhic pave
ment, and for the placing of concrete
or cement curbing on built sides of
stud streets.
All bids must be submitted on forms
o be furnished by the city engineer.
mid filed with the city recorder on or
before 4:.'I0 p. m. on I he 27lh dnv of
September, l!l(m
All bids must he accompanied hv
n certified check payable to the citv
treasurer equal to 10 tier cent of the
estimated amount bid for, to assure
good faith to enter into' contract, and
to be forfeited to the city of Medford
if the successful bidder defaults in
contracting.
Plans and specifications mar be
bad by calling on the city engineer.
Dated tit Medford, Oregon, this
15th day of September, 1000.
102 HOOT. W. TELFBH.
Mod ford nn September Nth, 11)0!),
by the following vole: Merrick aye,
Welch aye, Fifert aye, Worlinun aye,
Dcnimcr nye, Buieiick absent.
Approved September I I, lltiH.
W. II. CANON', .Mayor.
Attest:
HUM. W. TKI.FKH,
I ."ill Recorder.
RESOLUTION. ,
He it resolved, by the city council
of the city of Medford, that it fc the
intention of the council In cause
West Tenth street in said city to hn
improved by piecing n cement curb on
both aides thereof and by paving
tho same with bitulilhiii pavement to
a witith of !10 feet from the west lino
of Oakdale avenue In the east line of
Hamilton street, and to assess tint
cost thereof against t lac property ud
jacent to said improvement.
The council will meet nl the coun
cil chamber in the cily ball in said
city of .Medford on the 27lli day of
September, 11101), at H o'clock p. m.
for the purpose of hearing and con
sidering all protests against nud im
provement and the assessing of thn
cost thereof as aforesaid.
The city recorder is hereby requir
ed to give notice of the foregoing by
iostiug five copies of this resolution
in five public and conspicuous places
in said city and by publishing the
same in the official' paper of said
city.
The foregoing resolution was pass
ed by the cily council of the nity of
Medford on September 1 -It tt. 1IIH9, by
Ibe following vide: Merrick aye,
Welch aye, Fiferl aye, Wortman aye,
IVinmer aye. Kmcricl: absent.
Approved September I I, l'lOfi.
W. II. CANON, Mayor.
Attest;
HOHT. W. TELFER,
1 "' Recorder.
The Distinguished Guest,
Captain Itanbe was u man whoso
name had weight In the French caval
ry, lie was a tall man. belonging to
the middle aged trooper type. With
military qualities of the highest kind,
he had a singular bearing, a savage
sort of misanthropy and n cynical
tongue, which stood In Hie way of pro
motion. When he was In the Sixth
lancers, on garrison duty at Com
mercy, one of his comrades brought
his father in dine with hint at the
RESOLUTION,
lie it resolved, by the cily council
of (he oily of Medford, that it is the
intention of the council to cnuso
Orange street, in said nity, to be im
proved by plneing a cement curb on
both sides thereof and by paving the
sumo with bitulilhic pavement to a
width of .10 feet from the north line
f Seventh si reel to Ibe south line of
Fourth street, and lo assess thn cost
thereof againsl the properly adja
cent to said improvement.
The council will meel af Hie ci -
cil chamber in the cily hall in said
cily of. Medford on the 27lli dav of
September. 1l)0!l, at 8 o'clock p. m.
P.... il. n i
mo no- niiiose oi ucarmg and con
sidering all protests against said im
provement and Hie assessing of the
cost thereof ns aforesaid.
The city recorder is hereby requir
ed to give notice of Hie foregoing by
posting five copies of ,is resolution
in five nuhlie nnd conspicuous places
in said eily and by publishing the
same in (he official paper of said
eily.
The foregoing rcsnliilinn was pass
ed by Ibe cily Council of Hie cily of
NOT1CF. TO CONTRACTORS. .
Notice is hereby given that the
city council will receive bids for the
construction of a five-foot cement
sidewalk on the east side of Oakdale
avenue from Seventh to Kighth
streets, same -being three hundred
('100) feet in length; and also for u
five-foot cement sidewalk on the
south side of Sixth street from the
corner of d'Anjoii street to a point
110 feet east.
liids may he filed with or mailed
to the cily recorder up to l o'cloek
p. in. September 2st, 1000.
Dated September 1.1, 11)011.
ROUT. W. TELFER.
City Recorder.
XOTIC'E.
Is hereby given that the undersigned
will apply at the next meeting of the
cily council of Medford, Oregon, Oc
tober !ilh, for license to sell mall,
vinous nnd spii-itous liquors in less
quantities than one gallon nt lot 1(1,
block 20. in Med ford, Oregon, for
period of six mouths.
BASS & HAI.K.
Dated September l.'i, 1 !!()!).
Regal shoes ut Daniels for Duds.
TOO LATP Tfl M Acctrv
. 7 - . .w w r-t s, w 1 1 f,
44.4.
WANTED - A small fhrnished or un
furnished collage ,r) rooms, close in.
Address M, care Tribune.
LOST From .Monro Hotel, yellow
cocKcr spaniel pup, 0 months old.
Reward for return. ,f. Anderson,
Jacksonville.
WAXTF.D- 3 or 1 furnished hnnscT
keeping, rooms. Address R, care Tri-b"'!-
15tt
FOR. SALE 5-Ronm modern bunga
low, 1 mocks 1 linn postoffice, ..n
South Central avenue ; rf220, terms,
Benson Investment Co. 1.-.4
FOR RALE 8-room modem house mi
Mistletoe street, furnished, $4300.
Benson Iu-eslnient Co. ikj
FOR SALE 'i-room modern house,
parity completed, on Olson street;
$20011: lerms. Hcnsnii Investment
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FOR SA EE 'SmidT "h,'.','.!'."."" HTT -
lots, on W, Jackson; 0; tL.-i-itt-t.
Benson Investment ( 1 r( (
'fit) c 1 1 i.i - ,
..... o-, --..-room House, nmV, on
W. Jacks,,,, slreel; ) ;,ft; (orm,
Benson Tnyjsjim-id Co. .-,.)
'''V," 1SA f-10 Two"f,."rmT, 1WS 0
n. .incKSon slreel; .2H00- l.i-..,u
Benson Tiivostinonl Co,
ir.i
"'if hAI.lv -..ew (l-roon. bungalow,
modern, on Uainillon street about
one block fivmi Oakdale avenue
2II00; lerms. Benson Invcshnm.r
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