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Newspaper Page TextV THE MEDFORD MATT, TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON", TUESDAY, JANUARY -1, 1910. Medford MailTribune PUBLISHED DAILY BKCMPT SACWttDAY. A consolidation of the MnUort.MeJl, UkUk4 lllli Um Southern Orriron Un, caUbliahoil 190: tho DmMrallc Wmmt, Ubltaha 1ST!: tho Ashland Trib une, vatabllBlicd IMS. and Uw MKor Tihw. muIUW 1S. .fficinl Paper of QKORGE PUTNAM, Kdttor and Manager. n- .PP.T" inW mMlcr'Novr C lA. l p.itotilco at Mw.rora. Oregon, under Ui SUBCCniPTI .....$S.OO ina year, by mall. DANGER OF Oregon is threatened with an era of wild-cat orchards, the use of the name and fame" won by Oregon fruit by un scrupulous speculators and exploiters to get rich quick at tho unsuspecting public's expense. Every successful legitimate proposition carries in its waive a train of speculative sharks who hope to profit by 7 . fleecing the investor. A producing nunc is cucoverca ana countless worthless prospects . . .. i ii iv 1 L.l a A successful invention appears, and the public is asked to buv innumerable- worthless imitations. A glance at Portland papers shows countless oppor tunities to buy Spitssenbcrg and other orchards in some hitherto unheard of "famous belt," at ail absurdly low fig ure. Worn out farms and even worthless lands are planted to fruit and sold out at fancy profit. There is no way ' ' wild-catting" in the orchards or oth er business can be prevented. The only protection the purchaser has is to investigate tion himself. Wild-cats, in the long run, injure the community. Wit ness the conditions in Nevada where a meritorious mining proposition cannot even secure serious attention on ac count of the bogus ones that deluged the state. PLANT SHADE TREES. Ladies of the Greater Medford Club have received or ders for 1100 shade trees to be planted .along Medford streets. The number should be 11,000, and it is hoped ev eryone owning property will at once signify his intention to co-operate in the plans for a city beautifid by sending in to the club an order for premises. The advantages to the property owner is so self-evi dent that it seems a waste of time to again set forth rea sons why trees should be planted. It ought to be sufficient argument to know that' property along a shaded avenue commands a higber price and is regraded as choicer for, residence purposes. The expense attached to tree planting and care is trifling in comparison with the results. McMINNVILLE CLAIMS. The McMinnville commercial club is advertising broadcast that Yamhill county boasts the largest apple orchard in the state and that its apples bring the highest prices in the world's markets. The Rogue river district has an orchard of 1160 acres, and was under the impression that this was the largest or chard in the northwest. As a matter of information, we should like to know something of the Yamhill orchard, as the Rogue river does not want to sail under false colors.. We would like to know also in what markets and at what date Yamhill apples brought the highest prices. Rogue river and Hood River fruit bring a pretty fancy fig ure, and if their records have been beaten, the McMinn ville commercial club should The residents of the west en a step in the right direction by the organization of a good roads club. Their field of usefulness is a large one. May their example be followed by residents of .the other sections of the valley, for good ity welfare. . ' Mine owners of Cherry, cued from its depths for time are not contributing to the sustenance of the destitute ant are fighting every case in court. Charity is called on from the public but in this case charity is a fraud for it is justice that is wanted. A YEAR'S PROGRESS ! ' - In order thit tho pooplo of itfedford may know wins has bcon ac complished by tho city administration during tho past year in tho wny of municipal improvements, tho Mad Tribuno asked Mayor Cnnon to tub init a paper, which ho has dono. This article is to tho peoplj of Medford, while ono to tho world at largo was published in tho Homoscekors' Edi-tmrn-Editor. L1 ft $GMti8tm2Bm I have boon asked to toll tlu road ors of tho Daily Mail Tribune some thing of tho work that has been ac complished during tho past yoar in the matter of city building from tho standpoint of pliblio improvements. It takes more than 'peoplo and store buildings and residences to make a city. Without good ,. .side walks, good streets and adequate tho Cky uf Modt'onl. ot C .UmcIi S, 1ST8. OX RATH9: 0 mnth by mnil or carrier.... .50 WILD CATS. - . ..-. 1.11 are placed upon the market. , the merits of the proposi shade trees along his or her I furnish the proof. side of the valley have tak roads are. vital to commun Bis., have docked the few res lost while entombed. They water and sower facilitioa no aggre gation of pooplo is entitled to be do scribed as anything moro than n vil lage. These things are necessary to the vory oxistenco of a city. For this reason tho work which has been accomplished by tho eity of Medford in tho way of pifblio improvements is properly and peculiarly "city building." Street Pnvlng. During tho year Central nvonuo mul d'AnJou street from Sixth to fiighth streets, nnd Oakdalo nvenuo from tho south city limits to North Fourth street, wore curbed and paved wtth hard surfaeo paving. A cou- i tract was also lot for paving West Sovcnth streot from Laurel street west to tho city limits, hut owing to tho delay of tho contractors in get ting started with tho work, and the unusual heavy rains which set in early in November, this latter work was not completed. It will, however, bo pushed to completion as early in tho spring as tho weather will per mit. Tho city succeeded in getting the paving work done this year at prices which were from 10 to 20 per cent lower than that paid for paving tho business section of West Main street. But an earnest effort is to bo made during tho coming year to seeuro substantially lower prices still. street paving is nn absolute ncce fity. Within the next the years at leusv u uiiies ol .sirooi imviuir snuiiai bo ,llitlt At w bc3t it wH1 cost n grent ileal of money, ami no effort should ho spared to got tho price to tho vory lowest point possible with out sacrificing quality. Wo hope to inako tho year 1910 a banner year for Medford in tho mat tor of streot paving. Our plan is to lay out a fult season's work, which wo hopo will be uot less than five miles of paving, and by letting all tho work in one contract, to get a substantially lower price on tho : : .., :.....:., f i.n ;i t send a comtuittco to cxnmino the pavements which have been secured by California cities, to learn some thing of their oxporienco with their pavements, nud to interview tho com panies which have been doing the work down there, with a view to get ting them to mako bids on our work here. Every .member of tho city government. is nnnons for all of tho, information and nssistauco that he can get, and wo invito suggestions from" every ono who knows anything about this matter. Sidewalk. In tho matter of sidewalks Mod- ford certainly has occasion to bo proud ot tho record of tho past year, jsveryone in iweuioru wnu knows how to lay a good cement walk, and wo fear that some who do not know tho secrets of this trade, has been busy laying walks during! thn nast vear. That more walks were not laid was duo only to tllO fact , that thero were not more contractors , bore to lay them. SInc0 Fobruary when tho present administration took charge of this matter, grades havo been established for no less than soren miles of cement sidewalk and two of plank sidewalk. This means moro than 50 feet of ftvo foot walk for every man of voting ago In the whole city. Tho work of transform ing a village Into a city Is not tho woik of a day, but another year or two llk0 tho past year will eeo Med-, ford, with respect to sidewalks at least, In as good shape as any cltj of similar size In tho wholo country. Water Mains. In tho matter of water mains also, Medford ha& made a great record during tho past year. Tho prcsont administration found tho work un dor way of tho construction of a grav ity water system which will suuuly tho city with not leas than four mil lion gallons of puro, mountain water every twenty-four hours. But what to do with this water when It reached the city was a problem which bad to bo met. A largo part of tbo city was without water mains, and henco, In no position to take advantag0 ot tho city's water supply. Wo woro in a good deal tho same position as tho merchant whoso shelves aro full of merchandise but has uo clerks or dollvcry wagons to soil or deliver to his prospecttvo customors. More over, tho city treasury wna empty, and tho credit of tho city had been heav ily taxed to meet tho expense of con structing tho gravity water Bystem. At this Juncture tho following plan was devised: The charter was amended so as to permit tho assess ing of property for tho cost of laying water maliiB In tho streets on which It fronted. In order to mako tho bur don as light as possible It was ar ranged to havo tho aBsosmonts pay ablo In ton annual Installments, and finally it was decided to glvo each person paying an Installment of an assessment for a water main a cer tificate, which tho city will rccolvo at any llrao In paymont for water at Us regular rates. This places, as nearly as possible, tho proporty In front of which now water mains aro laid on an oquallty with tho proporty in front of which mains woro origin ally laid and paid for out of tho city treasury, and means that ultimately all tho cost of theso mains will bo paid by tbo surplus water of tho city. In laying thoso mains In ordor to glvo tho city a circulating system, It has bcon necessary to placo mains on some etreots on wlWch thoy would not otherwise havo bocn laid at this tlmo, and doubtless som0 proporty owners fool that unnecessary bur dens have been placed upon thorn In thts respect. But It Una boon th0 oar-1 nest nl in tout otuletvvor ot thoso lu charge of tills matter to confer the i ...in. ki... i t.. . 1 1. . ' mum ueneiu wiiu wiu lensi (iimaiuiu burdens, ami' It In earnestly hoped ! " ry property owner will ehoor- fully ro-operato with those In charge of this work, especially when It In remembered that In tho end tho mon ey paid out will all como back In water at tho samo prices that every other property owner pays. Tho city succodod lu getting these mains laid nt a very moderate price, ami tho cost on tho average to tho man owning a hundred foot lot wilt uot exceed $7.50 per year, and It ho bo a wntvr liner the cent In reality will be nothing, tor ho will bo able to apply this $7,50 towards tho pay ment of his water rentals. During the year more than fifteen miles of those water mains wore ordered In. Tho early rains prevent ed the completion of all this work but It will nil be finished In tho early spring. Wuat this moans In a city the size of Medford will bo apparent when wo remomber that this amounts to seventy-flvo feet of water main for every man of voting ago lu tho city, and all in ono year, Sewer. Another thing that Is vital to tho health and convenience of n modem city ts a good sewerage system. Dur ing th0 year between six and sovon miles of lateral sowers were ordered laid, the city's soptlc tank was com pleted, nud a now trunk sewer wns laid out and ordered laid to accom niodato that portion of tho city lying . T.. ..-I. t . ...It. .... . r for this trunk sower to cross near creoh. unci u ns oeon inougiii , advisable to make tho cons ruct on I necessary for this crossing o auc . a character that It can bo used as tho foundation and beginning of a new brldgo across Hear creek, which will bo sorely needed In tho near future It has boon found possible to do this without greatly increasing tho cost ot th0 work, and it will mean a largo i saving when tho city comes to build tho now brldgo. In General. Much moro might bo told ot tho work that's been accomplished dur ing tho past year, but I feol that I havo already tried tho patience of tho rcador. I cannot closo, however, wlthouUcalling nttontlon to tho fact that a complete system ot houso uumborlng has bcon laid out and car ried Into effect during tho past year, and that as a result Medford now has ireo man uenvurj. a it 1 1 1 This wont Into ouinwiuur x, uuu 1b a milestone on tho journey of Medford from tho position ot a vlllago to that of a city. I ought not to leave off too with out mentioning tho miles ot stroot grading, for which grades and Inspec tion havo been furnished. Altogeth- er It bns been a busy year, and thoso; entrusted with tho city's affairs have ' given to tho work a very largo part of their time and energy. Of course, the greater part of the coat of all this work ha8 boon borno by tho porperty owners benefitted, but i il muni uu ruiuuuiuuiuu mui iuu uir Ing of work of this kind always in l . . . t . l It.-. 11... X volves a great deal of oxponso In tho way ot engineering, Inspecting, print ing of notices and clerical work, which must bo paid out of tho pub lic funds, and thoao.who havo man aged tbo city's affairs feel that they can point with somo prldo to tho fact that tho work has boon carlcd on so economically that tho tax Iovy for (be ousulng yoar Is actually lowor than It was for tho year 1908, and this too In tho faco of tbo fact that tbero was a reduction made by tho county as sessor in tho assessed values ot tbo ctly upon which taxes must bo lovlcd. For sovoral years past a dispute has existed with tho Electric Light com pany. Tho company's franchls0 ro qulrcs It to pay tho city five por cent of Its gross receipts. Theso havo been hold back by tbo company un der a claim that It was entitled trf a much higher rata for eloctrlclty fur nished tho city for pumping thnn tho city was willing to concodo. This matter was taken up by tbo present administration In a qulot but business llko manner, and tho result bus bcon that tho company has acceded tp the claims of tho city In ovory particular, has receipted In full for all tho city's i bill for electricity and bus paid Into tho treasury of tho city almost a thousand dollars. It will also mean a rovonuo to tho city hereafter, of from flftcon hundred to two thousand dollars por year and as tho city grows an oven larger amount, In speaking of the prcsont admin istration, I do not mean to' claim nny crodlt for tho prosont mayor, which Is not equally shared by ovory mom bor of tho council. All havo worked together In porfect harmony and with out dissension, and as I bellovo, with a slnglo eyo to tho best Intorosts of. tho city, W. II. CANON, Mayor. FAMOUS AVIATOR IS KILLED IN PARIS BORDEAUX, Frunco, Jan. 4. Leon DeLaGrundo, tho famous aviator, was killod lioro today when his noroplnno collapsed whilo mo wbb .making a flight. MORE THAN ONE BATTLE PROMISED Estrada Will Not Risk Fato of Revo lution on Ono Onttlo With Government - Troops. lthUKPIHIiDS, Nioaruga, Jan. (By Wireless to Colon.) General Kstrada has determined uot to Htnko tho fato of his revolution upon one battle with the government troops tit Aeoynpa, if the manner of tho ad vance he has begun upon Managua may ho taken to indicate his plans. The insurgents are moving toward tho capital by different routes. Their troops have been divided, evidently displaying Kstrada's determination not to risk his entire command in a decisive engagement. Ono division is sailing up the San Juan river. It is believed that in surgent eommniidor plans to send this detaohmont upon tho capital by way of Lake Managua. A second rebol force is marching bv way of Aeoyapa. To avoid a l clash with tho government troops lu j thnt vicinity, if such in Estrada's intention, it will ho necessary for I this body to make u detour either to i tho north or to tho south of the city. I Kslrada now has undor his oom- maud about 5,000 moil. Although man)' ol tlicso are rcenuts, tliu en Uro folco j BaU , ,u) we cqulpl , fr fi iop , c ( , nnKnt tn)op9. . 20.000 MEN MAY L0SEJTHE1R JOBS Miners May Decltlo to Continue to Aid Switchmen If They Do, They Will All Be Turned Out. BUTTE, Mont., Jan. Uj)on the decision tonight of the Butto minors 'its to whether they will eontinuu to supKrt the stinking switchmen, de pends the employment of 20,000 men. Tho Amalgamated Coppor Com pany announced todny thnt if tho miners veto to continue to lend their I aid to the striking switchmen, it will stop down all of its plants in Mon tana and Wyoming, throwing minors, .smcltcrmcn, lumbermen and quarry men out of work. TC..,.eTc.no Ujait unoc TEAMSTERS WANT MUHt OF WHAT THEY PRODUCE To tho Kdilor: After reading your valuable paper for some timo, I haven't seen anything in it in regard to wnuos paid for team work and manual labor. Whilo Medford and tho surrounding country is prosper ous ns tho enstoni part of this stat, Mi 'heur, Union, Ilnrncy and otlrjr court :i'8, also Idaho and Washing ton jwiy for team work from $f.00 to iSfi.fiO per day and $2.50 to $4.00 for men on the county' work of 8 hours por day, and tho cost of feeding n team is only one-half of what it is here. Tho teamstor wants moro of what his own Inbnr produces. TEAMSTER. CONGRESS AGAIN AT WORK AFTER A REST WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 4. Congress convcued today nftor its two weoks' of holiday recess, both houses going into sesuion exactly ut noon. Only brief sessions woro held in each houso on account of tho death of Sonator Mcl.nurin, of Mississippi, during tho holidays. Tho scnato adjourned nt 12:40 o'clock. CALIFORNIA The Mecca for Winter Tourists . . Its attraotivo seaside resorts, famous modical springs, magnificent tourist hotels, pioturoHquo scenery, delightful olirnnto, and opportunity for nil kinds of outdoor paHiime, such as hundreds of miles of auto drivoa through orango groves nnd along ocean beach boulevards, mako this' fuvorod region Tlio World's Groatcsl Vfnter Resort, reacliod via tho 5HA5TA ROUTE. and "Road of a Thousand Wonders" SOUTHEN PACIFIC CO. Low round trip rates uro in effoal from all points in the Northwest, with long limit, stop-ovor privileges nnd first-class accommodations. Medford to Los Angeles and Return '$47. 50 With a final return limit of six months, nnd stop-ovors in oithor direction. First class, up-to-date train with tho Intont equipmout, un Jicollod aining car sorvico, nnd every thing thut goos to mako tho trip pleasant. Attractivo, interesting nnd instructive litorntiiro telling of ho famous wltitor roBorts of California can bo had on application to any 0, It. & N. or S. P. Agont, or by writing to WM. McMURRAY, Gcmral Passcnrjcr Agent, PORTLAND, OREGON. THE OnEGONIAN:S BANEFUL INFLUENCE. ttttttt t (Yroku Journal,) Up lu the northern part of Oregon anil near tho confluence of tho Co lumbia and WHIniuolto rivers Is sit uated a city called Portland. Ton abort yearn ago l'ortland wan an overgrown vlllago, but oven then, as now, tho largest center of population In Oregon. And travolui-H piiMlng tbrough l'ortland on routo from Se attle to San Kninclitco would mar vel that a town so ndv.utoKnunly lo cated should bo no devoid of tho In fluences that make for clvle groat uoms. As they camo on down through tho rich Willamette, t'mpiiua and lloKiio river valleys and ronlUed tho potentiality of thou dint riots, their wonder grow. The lino fstmvel was dotted with sleepy llttlo towim inln- aturoH of tho stato'u mntropolln. It was thou that It heuomo evident that tho progress-retarding causa of l'ort Innd'n backwardness was exerting, the sumo luiiiience over nil or western Oregon. At that time tho hook-worm luid not boon discovered, or tho no tural conclusion would imvo boon that the entire coast side of tho state had been In fee toil by tho panudto. Tho sltuntlon prevented no Interesting a problem that many out of pure curi osity Investigated and what they learned demount rat oil In a startling manner tho power ot tho press. It noonis that back In the early eighties an embodied human grouch by the name of Harvey Scott secured control of n newspaper known as tho Oregoulan nnd published In Portland., Scott was the product of a sectarian ' college stlimted In the very heart of Oregon's mowdmck section, and, wo believe, the only product of that In stitution whose nnmo Is known out sldo of his home town. However, ho emerged from tho colleco equipped with an nbundauco ot gray matter, a thorough knowledge of tho classics and "tho king's Kugllnh," which had ho employed nloiiK right lines, would havo rnndo him a national yea, a world character. Ilut like thoso of "Jim, tho Pen- man," his Ood-glvon talents woro P"wenl duposltlon with him when ho turned In the wrong direction. Con-! ctosboh tho great dlvldo rents will scions of bis superior nntalnments, itjotther drop In tho New Jerusalem or was not strnngo that political atubl-, ''"iiblo lu the other place. tlons filled hla bosoln; but somohow probably becauso of bin growing j pusillanimity ho was repeatedly, doomed to disappointment. For years ho gaiod with lon ;ltig oyos uixj on the senatorial togn. but It was not , for him. As tho years rolloO on. op-' portunlty to exploit tho advantage of roruanu a:m tno grent undeveloped wealth of his state weor Ignored en tirely. As his grouch grow upon him ht Indlfferonco to the growth of his city nud ntato took n turn for the worse, and tho editorial columns of tho Oregonlnn were filled with crit icism of almost overy forward move- I mont, with abuse of ovory offort to ' .............. I .. I . ... a . luuiuuiu vivir rirniunuHnosH, wiiii iio- Savoy Theatre TONIGHT A MILLION DOLLAR MIXUP (A Million Laughs.) INDIAN WIFE DEVOTION (Animated Wostorn Drama) THROUGH THE BREAKERS (Brograph Drama) ONE DIME DOORS OPEN 7 P. M. R. of P.'s NOTICE INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS TONIGHT LARGE ATTENDANCE IS DESIRED TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO MEET GRAND OFFI CERS JANUARY 12, 1910. nuiiclatloini uf tho nutl-llquor move ment, with mltireprenuiitatloun re garding tho ututo'n normal school iiyntem, nnd with vnrloiiii fnliiilnu tlnjiH nimhiHt Institutions of higher education. It must bo romomborcd thnt until hIkIiL short years ago tho Oregoulan nnd Uu echo, the lOveiilng Tulogram, woro Portlaiid'n only dnllloM a fact that gave tliotn peculiar poworn In tho shaping of public opinion, for there was no paper lo Pay thorn nay. It becuino uecoHsary for tho people of tho entlro stole In'rimd tho Orogouliui to get tho world 'n nowii and what wan for years a noiuiHslly grow an they took their calomul, nud iiometlmoH, no doubt, with much tliu (mine effect. Hut, as uupletuiaut as tho domi wan at tlmoM, there was no alternative. lu the nature of things thin could uot continue always, an.l eventually Portland hogim to feel tho Influence of nowt'oincm men who miw at a glance what Scott had not noon lu A llfotlmw nnd for tho past ton years Portland nud ovury other town lu Orogon havo been allvu to their pomd Million, and aro now on a par with thn cities In sttitH whlnh have never been cursed by newspapers of the Or oxonlan's elnnii. The Oregoulan coiintliioii to grind out Its grist of "knocks," but tho various communities throughout tho state no longer fear It, Hoot I'm out bursts are looked upon ns manifes tations of peevishness Incident to a dUappoluted life. Indeed, many feel a genuine sympathy for him and read ily fondve tho damngo he hns done to the state. This much by way of ex- phinntlon of Oregon's position In tho procession states. The Oregoulan Is still a burnnclo on Oregon's ship of state, but tho good old hulk ban now machinery lu her now nnd Is ploughing abend at grati fying speed. Mennwlillo Scott Is growing old. Ho hns n ached tho "bead and prayer book ago" but still prefers to piny with a tin nun or, and oven his friends aro beginning to des pair of bin reformation. Wo rnnnoi help hut feel thnt llar vey's caso must bo eagerly watched by those who havo "gono boforo," for It Is a cinch thnt should l a tnko his MRS. EDDY PLEADS TO NEW YEAR FOR TRUTH BOSTON, Jan. -I Mri. Mary Baker 0. Kddy, discoverer and htuil of Cliristin;i Science, today wrote tliu following xem. which is publishod hi tho "Cliristinn Science .Monitor": Blessings infinite, O, glud Now Year. Sweet siun nud Miihstniico Of Ood'n presence hero. Give U" not only Angels' sounds, But Science vnst to which belongs The tongue of angels And the fconu of kiiiiu'm.