THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MKDFORP OREOON, TUESDAY, MAROH 15, 19J0.
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M edford Mail Tribune
PUUIiiaUED DAILY EXCEPT S,VTUP.DAY.
A consolidation of tho Medford Mull. c.tublluhM the Southern Owonn.
Mtabltahel 180S: the Demoeratle Times. caUbltshtd IS . .J; the Aahlana Tribune,
tnbllahcd 1896. und the Medford Tribune, cuUbtltlied 1J0I. t
Official Paper of tho City of Medford.
GEORGE PUTNAM. Editor and Malinger.
entered accond-olusa mutter November 1. 10. at the pp:
Or ton, under tho act of March 3, l7.
atofflce ut Medford.
Oa year by mall.
SUBSCRIPTION HATES?
, $5.00 One month by mall or carrier.....! .50
CEASELESS EFFORT NEEDED.
It's a habit with a great many of those of us who call
ourselves Oregonians to approach new projects like a
-crab. "We go sidewise, backwards, or crawl around any
thing .but a direct approach. When it is desired to attain
certain ends, we begin to figure how they cannot be at
tained and find a thousand obstacles blocking the way. In
hort, we figure how not to do things instead of how to do
tthein.
Persistence, courage and brains can accomplish almost
anything. There never was a stone wall that could not be
climbed or gone around. There are few obstacles that
cannot be overcome if tackled aright. Desired ends that
cannot be attained, if reasonable and proper effort is made
are scarce. Nothing worth while comes without effort
and sometimes long continued effort. The gamblers' gains
theget-rich-quick gains are not worth the having, for
they cost so little.
It is the struggle for things, the battle to overcome
obstacles, the long, hard fight against odds, rather than
the actual attainment, that gives life its zest. We work
"to win, but rob a victory of the effort it cost and the glory
lias departed
Any commiinity, ambitious to become something more
than a country crossroads, has a struggle before it and
the more ambitious the town, the harder the struggle, hard
er perhaps in Oregon than in some other states, for con
servatism tends to. impede progress and development is
proverbially slow. There is no reaspn under the sun why
Oregon, as rich or richer in resources than her siste.r states,
should have so long lagged behind in development.
Medford, a city of newer Oregon, has accomplished
wonders for a small city, but there is still much work to
do before ambitions will be realized. There must be no
halt in the program of progress. The coming summer
must see greater growth than the city ever realized before.
One of the most important matters before the city to
day is the building of the Crater Lake highwaj. The su
preme court's decision was friendly inasmuch as it was a
spur to drive southern Oregon into a greater striving. The
tate watched for its effect and the answer came to them
'without hesitation Medford will build the road!
Medford has the name of going after what she wants
and getting what she goes after. She must live up to the
name and play the game. No city is built without effort,
and united, persistent effort at that. When an obstacle
confronts the city, it must be rolled out of the road, for the
path of progress must not be blocked, even temporarily.
Medford's future is brighter today than ever before
but it is so only because of the untiring efforts dl the
jpast. To realize that future, ceaseless effort must be put
forth in the present to do things so that Medford may in
deed become a city in all that the name implies.
So, Mr. Fighter booster of Medford, the Crater Lake
Toad MUST be built, now that the movement has advanced
thus far.
THE COUNTY ROADS.
To tho Editor:
As there seems to bo no ond of
controversy on tho road question,
especially In tho outlying districts,
would lllco to glvo you my vtows on
tho subject. Tho troublo In this (tho
Brans creek district) as In many oth
ers, Is employing Incompetent men
to supervise tho working and grading
of tho roads properly. Tho majority
of tho men having chargo of our
roads haven't tho least Idea of how a
road ahould bo worked, and from tho
looks of tho roads In this section,
don't care, so thoy draw their money.
Road making Is a business, and wo
caa't expect ovory Tom, Dick and'
MINNEAPOLIS PEOPLE
HAVE OREGON COLONY
Dozens of Them Aro Now Helping
Medford to Grow Minneapolis
Paper Comments on Colony Hero.
(Minneapolis Jaitr.m!. )
Away out in Oregon they onirlit to
rechristen tho town of MotU'ori "it
tie Minneapolis."
Medford is a prosper.v.u li'tlo town
of about 8000 inhabitants, sU.uUetl
in tho hoart of a rich fruit jmiwluj:
and mininsr country. In somo mine.
Harry to mako a Rood road boss any counab,0 , from M,aM.
more than you can expect any common ,
laborer to know how to pave your,8' especially Minneapolis, have Uoi
streets properly. The first thing to'ed to tha Httlo city and oIiohm it rs
their home. Thoy aro representative
Minnesota folk and aro leader of the
do tn making a road of any kind Is
to first drain tho roadbed. Wator
Is the most accomodating thing tn tho
world. It will got away at tho first
opportunity. Hard roads may come,
and wltl come all over tho county In
time, but tho proposition Involve
to much expense to bo sorlously con
sidered now. Wo will bo confronted
for some time to como with tho prob
lem, how to mako good roads from
the material we havo on hand. It tho
water Is not allowed to got within at
least two or throe feet of tho surfaco,
It Is possible to make a good road;
otherwise It Is Impossible, for tho
simple reasoa that tho capillary at
traction will bring up this under wa-
oommunity.
Pooplo liviiiR hi and about Mod-'
ford who hail from tho Gopher state
are organizing "Tho Minnesota Asso-
cation," whoso object is to promotoj
frntornal relations botwoeu tho now
setttlors from Minnesota.
A few of tho pooplo from Minne
apolis who are working on tho now
Minnesota at Medford and vicinity
are: L. P. Hubbard and family, Mrs. I
F. E. Rollins and son, AI Gluiok, Goo.)
H. Daggett and family, John Gotoholl,
S. E. Watormnn, George E. Kremor,
Earl W. Huntley, Goorgo E. Maxwell,
Orchard Bargain
A Splendid Investment
FINE BOTTOM LAND; WEST SIDE OF BEAR
GREEK; SIX MILES NORTH OF MEDFORD; TWO
MILES FROM CENTRAL POINT
90 ACRES; ALL UNDER CULTIVATION;
70 AOREO PLANTED TO TREES
1050 BARTLETTS, 55 COMIOE, AND 250 HOW-
ter to tho surface, and your covering . James L. Spink and family, John M.
will sink, no matter how much you
put on. Ia some cases tho necessary
dcalnago may bo Just opon ditches.
In many cues It will require tile, not
In tho center of tho roadbed, but on
tho sides, sometimes ono sldo, some
times both. There aro spouty places
In hilly conatrJca where a strata of
clay crops out, and this must bo rem
edied by tile so placed that tho wa
ter raised by tho clay will be led Into
tho side ditch, boforo It comes to the
surfaco. The expense of this Is very
small, and the mudhole will no long
er trouble yon. Tho next problom Is
how to control tho" roadbed at any
ono time. This should be harrowed
and rolled, or It a roller Is not avail
able, allow It to remain until travel
has packed It, then put on a couple
of Inches moro, and allow that to bo
compacted by travel, Frequently It Is
Koot mid famdy, J. E. Watt. E. M.
Jnnney and family, Jnmea Campbell I
ana ilex Lampmaa.
Porter J. Neff, formerly of Duluth.
who lives at Medford, is also an aotivo
promoter of tho now association.
Everybody who has gono out thero
seems to be making money and en
joying life. Thoy write back somo
tall stories: Moro paving than in any
town of its sire in the TJnitod Stntes;
ditto on automobiles, one to each 30
persons; electricity so choan that its
cheaper to let street lights burn all
day than to turn them ont, and so on.
So moro people aro leaving for
Medford every day. They'll be start
ing a Bridge Square out there and
getting a raan named naynes for
mayor novt, just to mako it seem natural.
Through a misunderstanding, the name of Charles
Nickell was left off the Crater-Lake subscription list Mon
day and that of Mrs. Nickell substituted. Charles Niekell
?3s one of the best known of the pionper residents of Jack-
Bon county, and his attitude on this question is typical of
tthat of the more progressive of the pioneer citizens. "
BARGAIN PRICES
JN POLICE COURT
Two Offenders Fined $5 Each Pool
and Get Off With $9.95-0ne Man
Gets Off Because He Was Licked.
In the pollco court Monday Justice
Canon fined Dan Galloway and John
Connors $5 each for engaging In a
itlght, whlcli, while It might have been
tpartlally Justified, was contrary to
--the laws of tho city.
'Galloway did the fighting and
Connors helped him out, and when It
came to paying tho flno tho two men
were pals ngatn. Between them thoy
dug up $9.95. Tho fine was $5
-each, but Judge Canon, being as It
tolb Monday and tho boys promised
to bo good, gavo thorn a cut rate and
Jet It go that that.
The third man who was receiver
general In the scrap, was turned loose
-Sunday morning, as he boro prima
facie evidence that he had about all
that was coming to him.
SNEAK THIEF
ADJUDGED INSANE
John Ambroz Green, who was
brought to tho county jail last week
under a chnrgeof petit larceny, was
adjudged insane by Judge Neil Mon
day and will bo taken to the asylum
at Salem this evening. Green's ac
tions after ho had been placed in jail
led to the opinion that the, wheels in
his head wore turning in the wrong
direction, and nn examination devel
oped tho fact.
, Mrs. Carl R. Beeson, .
Died In Medford March 14, 1010,
Mrs. Olive Hearing Beeson, aged 10
years, 2 months and 5 days.
Mrs. Beeson was born ' in Linn
county, Oregon, and was n daughter
of John Hearing of Talent, and three
months ago she was married to Carl
It. Beeson, youngest son of the Into
Welborn Beeson of Talent, ono of the
pioneers of southern Oregon, yith
in a few days after lior marriage she
was stricken with typhoid fover and
in spite of everything that could bo
done sho finally succumbed to the
disease ,',
Tho funeral will take place at Tal
ent Wednesday morning nt 10 p'clock,
Rov, Lenery officiating.
' Unwritten Law Again.
FAN PEDRO, Cfll., March IS.
George W. Jefferson phot and in
stnatly killed Mel vis Alison sliortlv
after midnight. The shooting occur
red in tho front of Aiioii?h home. f
wns tho result, Jefferson declared, of
Anson's friendliness for his wife.
Jefferson was arrested today. Ho ad
mitted tho shooting, saying Hint ho
had warned Anson repeatedly to
cense his attentions to Mrs. Jefferson.
not necessary to uso the road grader If you are a progressive citizen,
nt all, a well constructed drag .you will find nomothintr to intoiwit
being entirely sufficient and much yon on the top of page 8.
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coeaper, incao ruaus win rm uii.i
but a drag run over them after a rain
will smooth them, and after a while
they will become perfectly solid and ,
a heavy rain will shed oft Immediate-1
ly. Tho theory of road making ls
difficult of application. The dtfflcul-.
ty, however, lies mainly In getting
our road affairs so managed that the:
water, whother under wator or uppor
water, will bo properly taken care of i
Tho ranches of Jackson county pay j
enough In road tax to have good
roads. They never will have them ,
until they establish a system of drain-1
age, make permanent culverts and
bridges, and employ men to supervise
the construction of roads that know
their business. Wo shall never have
this done so long as we trust It to
some man who can be persuaded to
act as road supervisor. It Is difficult
to persuade a first-class farmer to
undertake this work on the
township, becauso his work Is worth
moro to him at homo, honco It Is usu
ally left to some man who can afford
to tako it. Some minor changes must
bo made In our laws before we can
expect to havo good roads all over the
county. Tho efficiency of the road
drag, when properly used, has been
demonstrated as clearly as a math
ematical proposition. What Is need
ed now Is some legislation or In de
fault of that, some understanding be
tween farmers so the roads will bo
drained, graded and dragged after
the rains, not allowing them to got
perfectly hard, and whon this Is done
we shall have good roads, Until it Is
done we will go on as wo havo In the
past years throwing away four-fifths
of our money. There Is enough lov
led In ppll tax In this section of the
county to drag tho roads effectively,
leaving tho cash levy to be expended
In draining, grading, where necessary,
and In the construction of permanent
bridges and culverts.-
0. P. LINXWILER.
ELL PEAR TREES, ALL 2 -YEAR-OLD; 1100 NEW
TOWN; 300 SPITZ, 300 KING- DAVID APPLE TREES,
AND 700 PEACE, ALL 2-YEAR-OLD. '
20 ACRES IN ALFALFA
Six-room house, barn, 3 wells, all fonced and all buildings,
in good condition.'
$30,000 HALF CASH, BALANCE ONE, TWO AND
THREE YEARS.
Walter
Hotel Nash Lobby,
McCallum
Medford, Ore.
. t you ore ,n progressive citizen,
you will find something -to interest
you on the top pf pngo 8.
Eden Valley Orchard
is sub-divided in tracts from 30 to 100 acres.
This is some of the finest land in the Rogue
River Valley, within two miles of the city of
Medford. The trees are of the best varities of
apples andJpears, all in bearing at the present
time. The age of the trees run from six to
twenty years. We are able to supply people with
whatever they may desire in the best bearing
orchards in the valley, near the city of Medford
For full particulars call on
John D. Olwell
EXHIBIT BUILDING
MEDFORD
Buskins for Health.
Haskins' for Health.
Haakins for nonlth.
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