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THE AEEDKORD ALAIL TRIBUNE, ACBDJTORD, OUlSaOff, THURSDAY, JflSBllUARY 3, J010.
Medford MailTribune
PUUMSUMD DA.1L.Y EXCMT HA.TUUOAY.
A Consolidation of tn Medford Mall. stMllalet 1SS9; .th Southern Oregon-
tan, MtUbllHttnl HOJ; tho Democratic Time, established 1S73; the Aahlttnd Trll.
ne. established 1S9S, nnd tho Mcdlord Trioune, cataonancu ife
Official Paper of the City of Medford.
' HKOnnR PUTNAM. Editor iind Mntmuor.
t-t.ri aa second claaa matter November 1. l0t. at tho poalu'fflce t MeTford.
Oregon, under the net of March , lilt.
' SUBSCRIPTION KATBS:
, ,,$S.OO .One. month by mall or orrlor. ... .89
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ninn, wo herewith offer the suggestion that I ho Oi'ogouian
be made custodian ol the norinal school hinds. The ex-
v client record made by the Oregonion with (he subsorin
lions of (he people given for ihe relief of those stricken in
the San IYaneiseo earthquake disaster Droves bevond a
doubt the surprising qualifications possessed bv the Oreiio-
..! ...I ...1! C 1.1! .. I 1 '
man jus i cuNiimwwi tu puoiic iiiiuis. .
ne year, by mall.
CUTTING UP BIG TRACTS.
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JOHN M. ROOT URGES
NEEB OF PARKS AND
SANITATION AT CLUB
Upon "Parks mul Sanitation,"
The sale of tho Snowy Butte orchard mid the cutting j" ; "i? nt 'c'
a'"- w - y o mfotv ,l8t meeting oC tho Qrcat-
of it into small tramts; the sale ot tne Mammon property Medford club. Ho showed a thor-
at Eajjle Point and the prospective placing of it in tho mar- onRh, underatnndiuR of tho topics
. . .b . , , i xi... t i,i r VJ Ilia address IoIIowb:
Jiet in tive ana ten-acre tots: uie stuu ol um uiu i.lu.i-i9 Jo,m M Koot foIllwe,, with H,vrt
traet near Talent, its plahtingnud subdivision, as well as adiiwn as follows: .
, . , i li. 4 .1.-11 u.. r , "mumps vwien, i wan euviug my
uiu pxuspi-f.Liu iuu umi (iiiAuiig o... --- .- houe this morning my wile told me
of the larger orchards of the valley, are all signs of the i was to address tho Greater Med
times and indicate that the pureliasers areou the. right road jtS.' S Uult"? h!ul iS."
10 develop and populate Uie Vauey 'tor make a noto of it or I would for-
Iiistead of a big orchard of several hundred acres sup- get to appear, ijero I am with n few
. ., . i j (V t. hotoa I made ui.haHto, which I hone
porting one family m luxury, and paying wages for tMnt v..n nR8;st vou Jn youp offort to oj
GOLD HILL ITEMS.
(By Spoutator.)
.lack Shnrpo and Geotuo Garrett
wore visitor here from tho Opp mine
at .Jacksonville Sunday.
Mr. and Mm. E. V. KoIIork of tho
Lovo ranch, nbovo Anhland. woro
hbro vlsltinp; rclntlvea Saturday and
Sunday amljoft Monday for Granta
Pasa and Glendalo on an oxtondod
trip to ronew ol daoquniutknuert at
tho.so plnocA.
Mr. and Mr. M. T. Howard and
their dauRhtor, MrH. Hox II. I.aiup-
mnn, loft Monday for several days'
Btay at Anhland.
Joo Cronon, who has been em
ployed at tho Opp mine near Jack
sonville the past year loft recently
for Portland to nncniio in utoam-
lioutinir out of Portland.
W. J. Frcoman of tho finn of Free-
man & Wiloy of Central Point, wih
to thirty employes, there Will l)e twenty or tllircy innmius, mow parKs. uio my 01 Aim-. hero Tuesday looking after a load of
each making an independent living off from the same land, ncopoii overs r,r, s,,uaro milen or'wiro fe.,einK conBiKncd to w. n.
Tliisds what the country needs, mid what the city needs, i!SYST:UllU0l!:33r ,hir m
and it is hoped that before the close of the year every large l)or cenl of ils tntn) luva. Au(1 v , A . .. ahIiIhihI
Orchard tract 1U tllO Valley Al nave oeeil SUUUivuit.-u aiui aro sum ouyuijr. w toric. rnua- ,.me down tho first of tho week
cnld tfoipmn. lioston ami M. l,oui each lookin- after her buHtnetw intoresta
a ii , nf vMiiio- flim-A linvft hpon more nnve ovor ' wr penn on- ,0re.
f.v in the vallev made than in the five
JC X x- ,. , , ...
. T fill. .. AIini.rioiMfv
ies have 10 per cent. Here in Med
ford we have 1000 acres within tho
rlr nv I a .. i o I
previous Januiirys. xuu cuuliuuuu iiuiuiuouii; "" conximic .limits aim ioir acres, or
tlie community is having its effect, and there are more only 2 per cent of the n per cent
prospective buyers in the city in this off season than there "hjch we rfmnia have in parks,
are nsnally at the most favorable times of tho year. Each JA
pei-son who subdivides a tract and puts it on the market prjce3 po hipher At
one' time thej
is forced to advertise this region throughout the east, and city, could have owned .17 acres at
this advertising, in addition to the commuuitv publicity, " r Oakdaio avenue, in the
is inaTdng Medford the best knexwn small city in the Unit- J V.l, SS , "f
ed States.
STRIKING AT THE MAGAZINES.
much thi laud is worth now! Even
though the land cannot till bo im
proved at once, we will ihvi i. If
a series nt parks with conuectmc
Hox U. Lampman of the News was
at Medford and Ashland Monday and
Tuesday on business connected with
the News.
The special school mcetinir held
here Saturday for the purple f
votiiiK whether the sc' vi board
should purchase new site for the
new hiih school carried by a vote of
10. Tho total number of vote- ctit
was 80. Thero will be an election
held on Februnry 12 to vote on $14,
000 bonds to build a now hisli school
building.
W. E. Thompson of the Chnvner
tnrm was a Medford visitor Tucs
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5EE US FIRST
When In nood of Elootrlo Wiring, or FIxturuH, and navo money by koI
tiii: host workmutiNhlp. Dynamo Kopuii inn u spuulalty,
FLYNN BROS.
MEDFORD'S PREMIER ELECTRICIANS.
MAIN STREET
Wm. E. STACY & CO.
REAL ESTATE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Wntrlct ARCttt for ALADDIN LAMP - l.aeul httentn wnntatl. Lamp on
oxhlhlttou and (or Halo at tho following uturon: Allen & Ronim'ft, War
ner, Wortnun & Ooro's nt Weeks tt .McOcwun'a furaltur alorc.
Office 8 South Contral Avo. tEDFORD, OR.
L O. HKinsou. t Lotn Moffat.
We make any kitat and style of wtndowo. Vi nirry
ghuH of any sine on hand. ,
Medford Sash & Door Co.
THE ROADS ARE NEVER BAD, THE WEATHER
IS ALWAYS GOOD, WHEN YOU WANT TO GO,
CALL UP
THE UNION LIVERY
R. O. DUNCAN,
Proprietor.
en. lormer v c nun cert tn
tor.
"Medford has 8000 bnildinir lots, owner of the Heed & Owen mine and
If each of these lots were taxed $1 mill, is no,w employed in the sawmill
n vear we would nave 8Ui)U lor park nt Star, Or.
uaintonnnce. ion ladies would have
to work very hard to roiso this sum.
Have tho city council buy tho park
Wear Kidd's Shoes.
. Postmaster General Hitchcock, ; backed up by President "17?.'? "Vi ". 1ir,Sd da7" .
. . , X X Cl " ...i.i.- iur vi.,, in I j, f U
Taft, has recommended an increase m uie present raws ut
postage on magazines and other periodicals now carried
at second-class rates. It is claimed that the carrying ol
these magazines is done at an actual loss to the -government,
and that while the postoffice department receives
liftlp lnom than a cent a Donnd. the cost averages 9.23 cents sites. Don't let them tell you they
Tier wound. It is therefore proposed to increase the rates haw no money. No city council thut
i.. x i Anf;n;t evor amounted to nnvthmp ever did
all oruer iu m.mc ujj tuc u,uuu , have any monev. Ninotv-eicht nor
ne express CVinuuxuc-B xiuw uaxxj mSafim"ul' . of "e busines in. the Unitfld
a Doimd and are able thereby to make money. There is no states is done on credit. We lum.
Tp.nsnn -whv the crovernment should not do so also If- the credit. Let us use it.
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government increases the price ot second-ciass mauer, it ...r. -., .
. n . i. t . ..x; xi : c : to bnnc to your attention is snmtn-
Wlll liaVO tlie eilCCl Or OlVUrUxltf uiu raiUUEB Vi iiiaui wuiw m , . . ten-acro orchard tracts. Thoiw tract
n i miu.ii ntn iiuinc uuuiu iicir iu i
from the mail to the express companies, tuns lessening rue resido one of the nrst ouestions ihev hro In different Biagou or dovoiop-
receipts of the postoffice department without-decreasing ask is. HoW do you dispose of your "noB from "ndovoioped land to fun
4- fm. foonannrfflfion EarbngeT' 'Oh. we cither it un and bearing orchard. Thoao tracts aro
niu V,M 0fff;rt ,1nnVfr.iofif nnrl flwJ dump it or feed it to how.' TuMcd- nour Central Point station. Tolo
xuu .uuumk. wv c.vv '". ford we produce overv dav to .. w.. phono 541 for appointment or call
cause ot tlie loss is nor tne newspaper aim magaam- uui- two . r.n
ness, hut the excessive rates paid railroads for , postal amounts to seven tons a dav which
d left to
to
BENSON'S.
BARGAINS
Wo aro agonta for Snowy Dutto
Savoy Theatre
TONIGHT
CONTEST FOR G RETCH EN
(A Scream)
A LOVE TOKEN
(A Weetern Thriller)
THE INHERITANCE
(Of Heart Interest)
Excellent Music. ONE DIME.
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at our offices ovor Fruitgrowers'
bank for prices and tonna,
transportation, an imposition long established and main- is dumped on the ground nn
tained bv nolitical influence at Washington. In the ren-p w w.,o
tal of Dostal cars, where the department pays an animal fS5m ST'
120 acres in Sams Valley, 1-2 inllo
west of lloaxiu uostorrico; prlco $30
per aero. Wo will exchange this for
other real estate, nroforably In or
near Medford, What bare you to
lesome
ucomes pu
... j; :l
, , ... . , A ii xl XI. "Mtn mii"i- "i wn mu-., II
rental several times tne actual cost 01 uie cars;an uiu main- js thrown out to contaminnto tin. nir
0(1 Of securing the average Weight Of the mailsj in fact, IU I A dead animal put into an incinerator offer?
11 1 .. n 11 1 1 1 "XI- XI.. ?1 1 D I Sa Inl.ll.. ,lnlM 1 !.. T .A . I
an .relations ot tne department wiui uie raurouu, florin 'rom 10 40 ncrc8 1C mll(,8 nortn of Mod.
io WnnAnA vifli o hio- T? ' oo minuies. ford; 8 ncros cultivated; 4 acros lu
.. O ' . . , I "Lor Anretii4 lin n nmnintniL- frnll trAitH from 3 ii 10 venra old!
Tlie federal census report snows mat uie average. rate sa.i.ooo. n,.r,n ;a i..n..;i on two good county roadH: umnii
naid vnilrnnds bv cxnrfiss eomnauies for their averaere Hi.r ni n nost .f on ..an r,.- "ouso, barn, vegetable houao, 2 woiu.
J- v K - - . ' " . . . . . " " I tills can all bo oasllv cleared without
a foot of wasto land; 2G acreo onclos-
led with Pago wlro fonce; prlco $2100;
half cash, or will oxebango for Mod-
ford city property.
. - i . . r I ' " ill 7 j uu u Luununuinu iur:niui 4
ill tueu' detense tlie macrazines assert tliat It IS wrong ocnts. A cremntorv could be built Do you know values when Uioy stare
that a thousand publishing industries built up through for $17,000, which would bo yo m 1 t ie , raco? it ho . wo want to
1.1... 1 .e x.i.ii i.-j xi x xi. t.i "a We nnontrJi until w Im.l or nnn meot you and Blow you that wo aro
TllllTV VOfllM nr nn PSTJinilSriRn TinHr.Jll TJir.R nS T.riR li;iHlK (IF I . " r I" " anlllnrr vnnrl rna i nnrn lnf fnr x
mj J -. I' J - I I... .. ... 1 I ""n n"- t
thov hiisinn AtiAvnHrtns should hp nftrfodinnlhr. nffnclrnd .""V " 1 " w,H,wn?' " that aro na doBlrablo from orory
, . - ... Jl 1 IT M M X ' L G LI i ---I- "J- ---1 .... rviiiiiM r 1 I OmilU J'VIIIV aw. aaitaw bu a.uwu
Willi propositions mat WOIIIU annimiaie most or uiein, tion, doubling .the size, enuld bo built being offered for four and flvo nun
1 for m nnn tu uj;.. ....1.1 .1. drod dollara each. Ab an extra In
.u,u w.w, a.v.x- ' . Iducemont wo will only ask you to nay
edge Oeilllld tllCSe propositions. ., "'r . mp-himmn 25 down and $10 monthly. It will
v . - . ' . 1 fArima 11.. .h 1 .1 .t 1 . . . . 1 1 r r . I ... im i.ni.
.ou-'i- 111 i ..ij i.j in imuuic inuiiiig ill nay you 10 bihj ui, uu ii inuy.
haul Avas 00 cents )er hundred pounds against au average ei and labor, in Sacramento it
of $6.68 for hauling mails, not including the rental of pos- COf,lts 3? "ts- T Atlanta, Oa., -.7
tol. cards. The arrap rental o a postal ar is $6500.
while the cost is less than $4500. 22 cents: in Johnstown. o. t oR
GOLD RAY GRANITE CO.
Office: 209 Wost Main St., Medford, Ore.
Operating Quarry at Gold Ray, Oregon
DEALERS IN
BUILDING MONUMENTAL AND
CRUSHED GRANITE
The magazines demand that congress shall provide for " "p. "'T. V'11 ,
Li. ll 1 xi x he i x trarmijje cnn. Then it could be
a competent cost expert to work m the postoffice depart- hauled in a ieei covered wagon to
ment, and that this expert shall be given full opportunity the plant nnd dumped into it. At
to get what the department has never produced, the facts "M"' ,!"' wnhed nut with
and figures which show just how much the second-class " ","B ",l :iU.pr ,ul rn" 1,1,0 ,MP
mail is costing the government in excess of the revenue it ZraV ami
jiyuiiiiio,
Conservative, far-sighted men hnvo
prophcalod that 1000 houses will be
built In Medford this season, If this
Ih true hadn't you bettor got busy.
Put $10 a month Into a lot; porbapa
tho othor follow may want your lot
to build his house on.
ASHLAND AND WESTON NORMALS.
thai ii for
matter up.
the Indien to take
I thank you."
As the Aronmouth normal' has decided to cast off its
allegiance with the Ashland and Weston schools and go
XI x 11111 i T-r i ii i I "", mvi null ill
ttivuu, xv xa ujf iu .nmiiuuu uuu ncoiuu, ouutiiuiii tiiiix i tne riftli Monday In tho month,
eastern Oregon, to unite forces and prepare a .loint bill tor or,,lnanco rocontiy passed by
Roseburg Solons Jump a Cog.
(Rosoburg News)
Contrary to expectations, tho city
council did not meot last ovcnlng
owing to tho fact that the dato fell on
The
tho
LAUItKh IMIIK
la a now addition placed on tho mar
ket for the first tlmo January 28th.
It commences one block woot of tho
11th street store, and Jolno Highland
Park addition on tho south. You will
like Laurel Park.
Wo ropretumt flvo strong old-lino
fire Insurance companies, among
thorn bolng tho California Insurance
, 1 conni-ll nrnvliiou M.n( mom Doing mo uamornia innuranco
submission to the people for tho support of both institu- Tn L Z i : n tl Kf ComraaK and tue protoctor under-
L. rr , . 1 J. i, , ' , - . H,"au "e ,10Id 0n the tint, second, writers, both of which paid San Fran-
tlOIlS. i he question Will then be fairly before the people, third and fourth Monday ovonlngs In Cisco flro Iohsob In full. Insuro your
discrimination
whether or not they will show
southern and eastern Oregon.
ut course tlie Uregoman and the Willamette valley L Iaw m,nut0fl ,lolay troating
mossbacks will bitterly. oppose any proposal looking-'to oV'tirno it taW to'go ,or TdSffir
l.. .11.1! 1 XX X!i...X! 1... 1 n TITM llirfllli tirnui... .1.. . .'
uuuuxij u) auuouiH or state institutions ouisicio 01. wn- ";, "V" 'iiKriiMn. rue parent
lamette valley, which to them is all Oretron. but it is as RmSy
gpod a time now as ever to place them on record, and there Jfijj a" d2lonpior 'crioup K,vo thn
aro excellent grounds for j;ho surmise that the progressive, always euros.' soi(rb?auiruRKhtBn
people of eastern and southern Oregon together will out
vote the reactionary mossbacks.
As a compromise,, to secure the support of the Orego-
fio-ninttr the month. n Provision being made h"tomobl, n8a,nat f,ro 0,1,1 thoft'
"n"'-1 ' when flvo Mnrwl
--.w v..v.M n lull 11 111 VII HI. I , ( , , r
BENSON
INVESTMENT
COMPANY
Office over Fruitgrowers' Unnk
Phono 541.
vy,
i in.,
auif.kf 2so
Opening Third Unit
0! U. S Governmeot Lands, Uma-
t
tilla Project, at Henniston, Ore.
February 10, 1910
For tho aboro occasion tho Orogou ltatlroail Be. Navigation Co.
and Southern Pacific Company lines In Oregon, will make an
open rato of
One and One Third Fare
for tho round trip, from all points In their linos to Ilermlston.
Tickets on sale February Oth nnd 7th, with final return Mm-.
It February 20, 1910,
Froo booklet, iHiuod by tho govornmont containing full In
formation a to cost, how to file, water rights, otc, may bo ob
tained from any 0. It, & N. or S, P, Agent, or by wrltlug to
WM, McMUHItAV, (Joncral PnHiwiurer Agent.
Wear Kidd's Shoes.
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