THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1910.
Medford MailTribune
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PUBLISHED DAILY KXCEI'T 8ATUUDAY.
A coniolldntlon of tlio Medford Malt, established 1SS9; tho Southern Orison.
In. entobtliiheil 190J; the Democrntlo Time, established 1S7S; tiio Ashland Trlb
unooitnbllBhod 1886, and the Ncdford Tribune, established 1906.
" Official Paper nf tho City of Medford.
QKOKGE PUTNAM, Editor nnd Manager.
CntArml on nocond class" matter November 1. 1909. at the postofflco nt MednlrT.
Oregon, under the not of March 5, 1S"9.
ne year, by mall.
SUBSCUIPTIO.V UATRS:
,.$5.00 One month by mall or carrier....! .50
INCREASE IN DIVORCES.
only moans of transportation for tho
Konernl public in and out of Sacra
mento and the towns of tho valley
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In government statistics ot marriage and divorce, it i una iooibui oouon.
o ... " . . . Tndnv seven electric trams leave
HE LESSON RAPID TRANSIT TEACHES
J. Earl Lnnndon, In Sacramento Oce.
Tho untomolnle. the motor ear, tlio , Hues kept pushinc; out, nnd soon a
motor boat and tho trolley havo rev- perfect network covered tho name
olutionired the mode of travel in tho territory served ly tho pront railroad !
Sacramento valley and territory t rib- systems which traverse these states.!
utary thereto. Time was and 1. a The first year or two it was hard J
resident of Sacramento .six weeks making ends meet, lint tho traction
less than three years, can .rometn- companies aro paying hg profits (
l.Ap.vlimi the locomotive, the stage, now. The rennsylvania, ls
and n daily river stoamor were thol
aiid outer tho city, oonueetin tho
capital with Marysville, Cluco, Oro
ville and intomftdinte points. Six
or eight gasoline motor cars make
daily trips between Sacramento and
eight or ten valley points. Two new
compnnios operate fast power boat
is stated that the number of divorces granted in 1S70 in
the 'United States was 10,902.. In 1900 there were 55.700.
The increase per 100,000 population was from 2S to 73.
j-' The ratio of divorces in the countries of the world per
lbo.OOO'iiopulation is stated as 215 in, Japan, 73 in United
States, 32 in Switzerland, 23 m France and 2 m England. i,0tWon Sacramento and down-rivr
Thomrh ranking next to Japan m divorces, the United i pomts, and s enmboat and also mo-
, , & , . , i u i. 4. i tor-boat service is mamtninod at
States has the highest marriage rate of any nation except , ,CMt n part of tho yoap buUvomi s...
Hungary, Saxonv ;tnd AVest Australia. There are more ramen.to and points up the river,
carriages 'in fho'sOHth fei' eapit than elsewhere and tl.e- '"
West leads the east. mento, Fairoaks, Folsom and other
Eightv-five per cent of the (livorVes are not contested , vs'- Other automobile stages give
, - . , , quick service between points up . the
and three-quarters of the applications are granted. JJe-ivaey mu towns the mountain
sertion leads as the cause civen. though of course it covers I region. . ,. v ,
. . i: . .i , Thousands are ndmg today where
amUitUUCie OI reasons, urueifcy is nexi, ou uw "S-""s lmmifeds rode vesterdnv, and exist-
lnarital infidelity next. - , . . ig lines are, finding it hard to keep
.
i'our i
and other steam roads which wore
paralleled have boon paying tho sainu
handsome yearly dividends, and em
ploy today moro men and operate
more trains, both freight and pa
etigor, than before the traction lines
began competing.
The hoflrlv and half-hourly sched
ules and the local service givou by
the t motion companies caused thou
sands to ride where luuulreds rode
before! Like tho subway in Now
Yorlc, tho, new lines simply created
new business and handled it,
s. "The higher education and more systematic devejop
inent of women will result in the better training of the
pace with the rabidly growing de
mand for moro and better service
Increased transportation facilities'
70Uth, but tho home Will continue to be the OUlv school jfilld the people ever ready to travel
. - ... . more. Business is better, and the
adequate for the development of strong personality and j Cry is for more speed. The new
Ihc attainment of life in all its highest manifestations: routes and the faster time have cre-
: ,.. , , , , , -J. ated new traffic. Old linos nre still
. . The ultimate effect will be, not to increase di- d?ins biR business, whiio the new
forces, but to make them more rare," states Dr. James P. lines arc taxed to capacity. Rapid
OMcMenberger of the University o Pennsylvania, who X?7i,i JJSSTK
has made a study of divorces in the United States for the j creasing tho voiumo of traffic;
past forty, years. He believes that divorces will be still j Thero ,vcro thoso who ,miKhc,i nt
easier to secure and should be for mismated couples. He promoters of the Xcw York subway
Continues ' C!lrs nR0 wuen plans were drawn
" . . for a system which could hnudle a
"The reactionary attempt in our day to increase eccle- j billion passengers a year. That was
siastical and legal restraints . . . is misdirected cner-. Jnost as many people as rode on
, . .. , . . - ., . ....... 'all surface and elevated lmes rom-
gy and invites moral disaster. Arbitrarily to dimmish the . bined. a year after the tube was in
number of divorces, under existing conditions, would be operation the system was taxed to
vtn iTiProi5P iminnrilitv nnrl orhnp " ! caPacit3t n"d tho same gangs of men
vto mciease nnmoiauty ana ciime. that cons(ructei the original tube
The future of the American familv may not be threat-; kept on extending the system to make
"ened by the increase in divorces, though the abuse of di-!ft T? com.p?hons;c- Th,, Sl,rfnc
y, . i , . . and elevated hues still handle record
Torce Jaws cans tor radical rerorm. Tne spectacle or tne crowds. The subway has simply
irich being afforded protection from publicity denied to the ' "eatcd its own business.
poor by the courts of the eastern states and the ease with) j remcmbor a fow. yCars-ngo the
which divorces are secured in Nevada and other western i amo cry went up when companies of
nAMn c,!,,! e ,i,;t, i local capitalists began building trol
' i lev SVStemS and intnmninn Iinoa nnr.
be' remedied.
MAKE IT SIX HUNDRED.
So hero in tho Saoramento valley
the trolley, the automobile, tho gaso
line motor oar and the power boat
are creating their own markot. Bus-,
incss is bettor.
Tho Northern Electric had not
reached Sacramento three years ago.
Today it, is operating novum daily
passenger trains each way otween
this city nnd poinfs up tho vnlloy.
Hundreds of people eomo nnd go ovor
this line, yet the Southern Pacific i
hauling as many passengers between
points touched by tho Northern
Electric as it was threo years ago.
The eldctrio lino has simply created
a new market. Thero is just th.it
much moro business.
Threo years ago tho Southern Pa
cific oporated a daily steamor serv
ice between this city nnd down-river
points. An independent lino ran
steamers nt irregnlar intervals both
ui) and down tho river. Today tho
Southern Pacifio steamers moke
faster tirao nnd maintain a bettor
schedule. The California Trnnspor
tntion company, not hero threo years
ago, operates fast power boats daily
between this city nnd down-river
points. Other independent lines have
steamers two or threo days a week
and at various seasons of the year
a regular dailv service is maintained
between the M-strcet wharf and
points im the river. At fruit pirkiug
time a dozen' boats ply up nnd down
seeking freight. . .
Traffic by Southern Pacific
steamer is 'just as heavy as it was
threo years ago. Tho now stonmers
have created their own business.
Rapid transit has revolutionized river
traffic. Business is bettor.
Gasoline motor cars, a compara
lively recent invention, have rocoivod
their first real tost in this valley.
nllcling the steam roads in Indiana. , There are today more motor cars in
Ohio and Pennsylvania. Skeptics ( operation here than in any other
declared it was folly for the trae-1 section of the United States of twi?e
tion companies, with n few hundred! the population. Yet not a single
. i dollars capital stock, to enter into 'regular train has boon annulled by
Membership in the Medford Commercial clllb is near- i comPcMion with tho steam roads, J reason of the business hnndled bv
ii p-nn T i ,,,1,. rn u , i backed by millions. Yet there wero1 these cars. They havo revolution-
ing the 500 mark. It IS hoped to make it 600 by noxt;mcn ho were "fools." Tho trolley ized the passenger traffic on the
m.. ,i i. :n 1 i i i;
j.uuauu, viii;.u tne uuu wm.iiuiu its uuuiiiii uuiuurjuiuii i
and jinks in the Aledford theater. .Tliis will give the clubj
the largest membership of any club in Oregon outside!
Portland the largest, strongest body of public-spirited
citizens that any community has, and provides the b6st!
possible guarantee for tho future growth of Medford and
continued develojjment of the valley.
Every merchant, every property owner, every pro
gressive citizen in or near Medford should enroll under
the banner of progress and be proud to be a member. With
a membership of 600, three times as much can be done as
has been done in the past. Not only this, but it is the
strongest kind of an advertisement in the world at large
of the progressive character of our citizenship and the
fact that thero aro no mossbacks in Medford.
Six hundred boosters! There is nothing they cannot
accomplish, working unitedly for a common purpose, co
operating in the npbuildinig of a city. They will make
Medford unrivaled among the cities of Oregon, the mid
way metropolis of the coast.
Six hundred is anumber to conjure with. It was the
number of the famous light brigade that made the gallant
charge at Balaklava, celebrated in song and storv. Time
and again tlnyougk the pages of history come accounts of
4 battles and glory won against overwhelming odds by va-
liant bands numbering six hundred. Medford 's six hun
dred will face no such odds, "but peace hath her victories,
no less than war," and it is for such a victory, the creating
of a city out of a small town, that Medford needs its six
hundred and must havo them.
This is the last call for volunteers to enroll themselves,
in something worth while, and every patriotic citizen is
expected to respond, and become one of a to be famous
brigade that will win this victory of peace.
Southern Pacific. Speed and ability
to maintain 'a fast schedule with
many wtops havo canned them to be
come popular on tdiort runs, They
havo added hundreds of dollars to
tho passenger .receipts of tho loon
division, On oilo run traffic liecaiuo
so heavy after tho inauguration of
the motor car service that a regular
fast train hud to bo installed to bun
dle tho increased business. Tho
faster service nnd closer schedules
have Inuronsod tho number of faros.
Business Is better.
Three years ago the automobile,
Htago was a novelty in Suporior Oal-'
ifornia. Today a doon regular linos
aro in operation, nnd ninny moro nre
talked of. Thero are .Mill many sec
tions where tho horso stage is a
much of a fixture as in tho old day
of old, hut hill-climbing automobiles
aro rapidly displacing horses on the
route capable of development.
Somo months ago u local man o-i
tablunhod an automobile stiijse line,
botwoou Saoramento and Folsom. lie
used an ordinary fivo-m8ongor oar. '
Today threo lino are running, and
one of these carries ton or twelve
IMKxttugors each trip. All make threo
to five trip a dav, and each has all
the business it can handle. !
An automobile stage lino was in i
operation during the summer months
lust year between Plaoervillo and j
Lako Tahoe. Thoso who baekod tho
enterprise clnim it was a success, ,
and say a faster and close schedule
will be maintained during the coming ,
ununor. Automoiweij imvo uikoh
tho placo of roculnr Mrnres between
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ami Jiauoview. iviamnui rnus nun
I.nkoview, Boyle and Susanville.
'Marysville and Hnmmontou. Davis ;
and Winters, nnd other places in tho t
upper valley nnd foothills. A lino is
talked of from Mnrysvillo to Colusa,
and other ptojocts connecting other
towns nre under wny. j
In Nevada n dozen nuto linos nre(
operating regularly hctwucn old and
now mining camps, and travelers find'
these lines the best and fastest
means of transportation in 'that
state. Ouo mail, who conducts an
automobile stage line between Sliurz
and llnwhide. spends $15,000 a year
for new tires, yet ho is reaping big
profits from his six. big machines.
During tho summor mouths auto
mobile stages operate daily between
vnrious railroad stations nnd points
in Lake and Nana counties. Tltcj
furnish a faster servloo thnn was of
fered bv tho old horse stages.
The illustration could bo carried
ou nnd on. The automobile, tho mo
tor boat, the motor car and tho trol
ley, onoh In it way, hits lunated it
own' market nnd its own trade. Each
has been n factor in development,
ni:d each will nrovo of grentor benefit
ns tho population of tho vnlloy grows.
Faster service and closer schedules
have, croated new opportunities. The
new opportunities have oiiusod in
creased trade. Business is better.
1 "BREWSTER'S MILLIONS" SOON
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Discount Rnto Reduced.
LONDON, Jnu. 20. Tho Bank of
England todnv re J need the discount
rate to ptr cent from 4 per cent.
LOUISE SANFOUD, WITH ROYAL TRACY IN J'HREVrTER'S
LIONS," MEDFORD THEATER. WEDNESDAY EVENING, J
ARY 20. '
TO PAVE OR NOT TO PAVE.
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To pave, or not to pave, that's the quostlon;
Whether it bo better for us to pave,
: Aiid by such paving cleanse our streots, t
Or, still bespattered, must we truile along,
Thro' thick nnd thin, as we've oft done before;
A poor, deserted town would bo oxoueml,
But for one fast thriving wliould not thus appear.
To pave, I know, 'twill cost wuuo pounds; but thiMt,
Cuu monoy o'er bo put :o bettor iuo7
My house, my lot, in value be enhanced;
They'll ho worth moro, 'tis .plain, by nil tho cost.
And I will see and feel its good of foots
Throughout my life whene'er I walk tho atrcelM.;
It must ho so I'll jirvp, but whore's tho oajdif
Ah, thero'rt tho rub!
But not to pave, my friends,
(Ah, there's the mud I)
Tho want of cash, no doubt, will mako soma pause,
But they will meet with aid in suah n catilic;
'Tis not for ns to trample in the tnivof
Turtles and swino such olemonts retpiiro.
Pin now resolved, tiud cliaorful will unite
To pnvo our streets and havo some lumps to light,
That I may walk socure by dny or night.
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AUTO RECORDS MADE DURIMG THE PAST YEAR
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ITALIAN AND HAYES TO
RUN MARATHON AGAIN
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 20.
Johnny Hayos and Piotro Do
rkndo are both pretty well fit for
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tbe Marathon race in which they are
to try conclusions Sunday for tho
third and last time.
The result of the race will settle
once and for till which of tho pair is
tbe better over tho classio course.
The winner will bo matched with the
champion of all Marathoners, Henri
St. Yvea.
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SPEEDWAY
DISTANCE TIME DRIVER OAR PLACE
Quarter mile 0.QS.38 Christie Christie Indianapolis..
Kilometer 0:20.20 Oldficld Bens? 120 Indianapolis
Mile 0:37.71 Strang Plat 120 Atlanta
Five miles 3:17.70 Strang Flat 120 Indianapolis
Ten Miles 7:01.94 Strang Flat 120 Atlanta
Twenty miles 15:31.80 TCobcrtson Flat GO Atlanta
Fifty miles 40:14.03 "Robertson ..: Flat GO Atlanta
One hundred miles....! :22:35.35
..Robertson Flat GO Atlanta
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TWO HUNDRED MILES. 2:46:48.47 .'.. .CHEVROLET BTJICK 30 ATLANTA
ROAD RACING
EVENT DISTM MILES DRIVER CAR AV. MILE HOUR
Vanderbilt cup 278.08 .Grant Alco Six G2.80
"Wheatley Hills , 189.G0 Tlarroun Marmon 09.70
Massapequo cup .12G.40 Matson Chalmers-Dotroit 'JO f)8,00
Lowell Ironhy 318.00 Jiobortson Simplex .'. 54.20
COBE CUP 395.60 CHEVROLET BUIOK 40,90.
Indiana trophy 232.70 Matson Chalmers-Detroit 51.40
Fairmoimt Park cup 200.00 Robertson Simplox .........55.40
Riverhead ('lass 1 227.50 De Palma Fiat 62.40
RIVERHEAD CLASS 4 113.75 CHEVROLET BUICK 30 69.60
Porlola Class 3 , 254.1G Florning Pope-Hartford 03.72
LOS ANGELES-PHOENIX 480.00 J. &L. NIKRE NT.. BUICK 30 24.80
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Price Of Buicli $1150, others from $1450 to $6000
MEDFORD BUCK CO. TOl VELLE, Manager
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