MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDffQRD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 3910.
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MEDFORD MailTribune
PUBMHHBD DAIttT KXCKPT 8ATUHDAT.
A consolidation or the Meilfortl Mall, cttabllihM 188: the Southern OivKonlan,
(MtatilUhod 1101; the Domoc ratio Times. eitabllahctl 187J; tho Aahlajid Tribune.
UblUliod 1S88, and the Medford Tribune, established 1808.
Official Paper of the City of Mcdford.
GEORGE PUTNAM. Editor nnd Malinger.
Watered eecond-laa matter November 1. 1908, at the noitofflce at MedfortU
Oregon, undor tho aot of March 8, 1S7J.
. BUDSCnirTION IIATES: " " .
Ob year by mall... .fS.OO One month by mall or oarrtor $ .80
SMALL FACTORIES NEEDED.
, Much merchandise and many carloads of foodstuffs
are shipped into Mcdford that ought to be produced here.
Dozens of small factories as well as some large ones
can be successfully established here and do a thriving bus
iness. Truck fanners can produce in abuudanco vegetables
now shipped in wholesale quantities here.
Instead of importing simple made articles, we ought to
be manufacturing and exporting them. Instead of ship
ping in many carloads of potatoes and vegetables wp ought
to be supplying other cities.
JUV-LVJL U itl.UUl.UiL . II J.1 1U1IU UVOUUi ) ,,w i'iWV , w .
the manufacturers and the truck gardens. The sooner h"bn visaing auas Lcttio Stmi-
trnot, tho Wnrron Bitulitliio com
pany and tho Harbor Asphnlt coin
jmny, ns well ,ns tho Clnrk-lkuiory
company of Snorniuouto boiiiR umoiiK
tho biddors.
In tho tentative bidding tho Burbor
Asphalt company Hiibmittod priced
upon its pavements thnt looked good
to some of tho members of tho coun
cil nnd likely to provo most ndvau
tagaous, nnd ns n result nsphnlt was
called for in tho specifications by
tho council for tho final lotting of tho
contracts for the improvements now
projected.
Following the agreement of tho
council upon asphalt, final bids will
bo called for, Recording to plans and
specifications to ho provided.
EDEN PPPniNPT ITFMR
Mrs. H. Pilkiugton who has beou
visiting hor mother Mrs. Hookic, ro
tumed to her home at Koscburg last
Thursday.
Miss Adahuo Duu'ap of Talent who
SUB
CRIPTIONS
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COMING IN SLOW
Stock In tho Roqiio River Vnlloy
Fruit & Produce Association Nut
Being Taken Up by Growers us
Fast as Should Be.
Tho fruitgrower!, with tho excep
tion of those imiucdintoly surround
ing Mcdford, aro slow in coming
through with subscriptions to stock
in tho Itoguo River Fruit & Produce
association, tho object of which, as
has boon previously sot forth, is to
secure a moro equitable return to
tho growors than hns
been granted by tho commission men
and buyers,
"It isn't tho money wo need m
much," fnid Walter MoCollutu, aw
rotnry of tho association, "as wo do
tho mipport of tho growers, big and
little. Tho support should bo uuitul
mous, but a strong majority will
Hiiffioo. It is tho smnll grower who
will benefit in tho long run in tho
soojation, ns tho man who hns a big
output can always find a buyer,
wbilo tho littlo follow must nook a
mnrket. Wo hnvo hoard nothing
from either Ashland or Grants Pass.
Why thoy aro holding off I do not
know, but you can say that this thb.g
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canuoi no a succoss unless wo vivn
hnvo tho support of tho whole val
ley. April 10 is tho date of tho meet -ing
to deoldo tho matter, and by that
timo ovoryliody must bo in."
Tho scissors of tho nd-roadei
should encounter your ad when he
horetoforo gets to work with them.
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PAVING CONTRACT LET.
A sigh of relief goes up the paving contract has been
awarded. Medford continues to lead the smaller cities
of Oregon not only in being the first to let paving con
tracts, but in quantity of paving let.
Asphalt paving is a standard pavement. People try
this and that pavement, and then come back to asphalt as
the best for the money. It is no better, in the opinion of
manv not near so good as bitulithic, but it is cheaper.
It is an opportune time to pave. The great paving
compames, usually in truce with each other, are at war.
The California firms are beginning an invasion of Oregon,
which the Oregon branches of the national concerns are
seeking to resist. The result is cheap pavement.
Perhaps it will be years before such another opportu-
aty occurs again. After a ew months fighting, the con
ractors will, as usual, bury the hatchet, divide the terri
ory and again charge all the traffic will bear.
Meanwhile, we have cheaper pavement.
THE PLIGHT OP THE LAST SHUT-IN.
turned homo Sunday
Eastor osorcises at tho Presbvtor
ian chuieh at Phoenix was piito in-
torcstxng. Tho httlo ones did well
and showed thnt much care had been
exorcised in thoir training. There was
no services in the evening. All tho
members attending tho exercises at
tho Christian church in thu evening.
Mr. nnd Mrs. W. S. Stnncliff spout
Sunday at tho pleasant homo of Mrs.
Stancliff s mother, Mrsi Tillio Black
wood of Phoenix.
Mr. and Mrs. Fern Hughes and
Miss Ollie Hughes of Ashlnnd, Mr.
nnd Mrs. F. E. Jacobs of North- Tal
ent were nil guests at tho pleasant
homo of Mr. and Mrs. George Mo
Clain last Sunday.
Miss Adnlino Dunlnp of Talent and
Miss Lottie Stancliff of Phoonix did
shopping in Medford last Friday.
Mr. and Mn. Ed Hamlin of Eden
Valley spent Sunday in Phoonix at
tending Easter Sorviccs morning and
evening nnd wore guests at tho pleas
ant homo of Mr. and Xfrs. Louie Col-
ver.
W. S. Stancliff wns at Jackson
ville doing grand jury duty the first
of Inst week.
'Lonio Colvor is havinir the frame
of his new dwelling raised. Work
will bo rushed to completion.
t. Carey says it pays to advertise
in the Mail Tribune, but you want to
bo well supplied in tho artie'e ndver
tisod, for they camp thick and fast.
Air. nnd Mrs. Jns. Allen nnd daugh
ter, Miss Clara, spent Sunday the
guests of Mr. nnd Mr. C. Carey.
3fr. and Mrs. F. E. Jacobs wero at
tending Easter son-ices att he Chrie
tian church Sundny evening.
Mr. nnd Mrs. John Caster were
over to Phoenix Sunday attending
Easter services.
The evening Ensicr exercises ntt ho
Christian church nt Phoenix wero ex
cellent nnd the church house wns tax
ed to hold tho Inrgo congregntion.
Tho children did exceedingly well.
There was also some beautiful songs
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IF YOUR WATCH IS
SICK
TAKE IT TO
Diamond's
115 EAST MAIN ST.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
But two hundred persons gathered at the Calcutta sta
tion recently to greet the ruler of the last shut-in land to
yield to modern civilization. The Dalai Lama of Lhasa,
spiritual chief among 150,000,000 people, has sought with
the British viceroy an asylum from the Chinese who over
run Thibet. He has bathed in the Ganges, filthy, but sa
cred. He has gone to the lingy palace reserved for him and
his attendants, but it will be no mvsterv, savs the New
York World.
Abyssinia was the shut-in land of our grandfathers. It
claims to be the oldest continuously Christian country, but
it was for centimes hemmed in by barbarian and Moham
edan tribes. England fqund an excuse to carry war to
Negus Theodore, and he proposed to marry Queen Victoria
to quiet the dispute. .The offer was refused; but now
Abyssinia is "open." j
So lately as 1867 Mutsuhito of Japan was the shut-in i
mikado of a sealed land; the Shogun had usurped his po
litical powers, but he was the religious head of the Shinto
iaitn. Je aereated. tne bnogunate, opened J apan, develop-, especially suited to the occasion
eaan army and navy, tnrasned (Jnina andvKussia a mar
velous life record for one young man, mured in palace
walls, whom it was death for his own subjects to look upon.
CJorea was a closed land a little longer; now it listens to the
ailway whistle and patronize moving-picture shows.
Thibet was better guarded; by wilderness north au.l
vest and by snow and mountain sickness on the high south
jrn passes; it was only linked to China by caravan rout -of
such hardships that to "promote" a fat Peking man
darin to Thibet was almost signing his death warrant. But
it had to yield; and from his skyscraper palace in Lhasa,
that would be a marvel even in New York, the weak boy
into whom the soul of Buddha flitted, at the death of the
most recent of tho long line of boy Lamas unmysteriously
cut off, is an exile.
One little spot he can almost see from the deck of 1 's
Red Sea steamer still remains shut to the explorer. Tr, is
only a shrine, not a capital. And even toward Mcnca .he
railroad is wriggling through the hills.
ANDERSON AFTE
ASHLAND
RIGHTS
las Plant Man Applies to Ashland
City Council Informally for Gas
Franchise In That City Similar to
the One He Holds Here.
Aj; the last regular meeting of the
shl nd city council an Informal con
erence was bold between tho council
nd J. H. Anderson, who was recently
franted a gas franchise In this city,
luring which Mr. Anderson applied
.nformally for a 40-year franchise In
that city.
Tho council of Ashland jvero most
friendly In thoir vlow of tho request,
and Mr. Andorson will file a formal
application soon, which, If granted,
'will result In Aauiana naving a gas
plant within a year.
Ilaskins for Health.
ASHLAND
DECIDES
UPON ASPHALT
Council Chooses That Pavement In
Preference to Others City Will
Pave Approximately 59,000
Square Yards This Summer.
The Ashluud city council decided
on Monday afternoon to pave this
BUtnmer with asphult, in preference
to bitulithic, which is at present pro
jected to cover sections of North
aud East Main streets, the boulovurd,
Oak and Spring streets. Tho Ash
land council recently called for tent
ative propositions for tho different
forms und prados of hard-surface
pavement for approximately 50,000
square ynrus ot this ionn ol im
provement, and representatives of
several paving concerns submitted
maximum figures nt which thoy
would bo willing to take tho con-
J. J. Lane of Talent wns a Med
ford business caller Saturday.
Fred Ifnpp of Talent was in Med
ford Monday on business.
Mrs. Tillio tJibbs and Mrs. C. Carey
were in Medford last Monday.
Death of Mrs. Carrie Austin.
Mrs. H. D. Austin, formerly a resi
dent of Medford, but later of Ash
land, died at Wooduurn, Or., March,
25, aged 5G years.
Mrs. Austin was well known In tho
Rogue River valloy, having been a
prdmlnent church worker during her
residence here.
Born.
To Mr. nnd Mrs. Qus Miller of
South Central avenue, March 30, a
boy. Mother and child aro doing
well.
WANTED
Timber and Coal Lands
ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING CON
TRACTS TAKEN AND ESTIMATES
FURNISHED.
B. H. Harris & Co.
MFDFORD - - - OREGON
Office in JacKoou county Bank Upstairs
A New Pair
of Shoos linn ferrous for hour peoplo. Timi'H Wuuho
thero aro still sonic people who don't wear AV.Nl.K
OVER, Shoes.
That yon have, bought a pair ol! WALK-OVMK. Shoos
today from our now spring shipment is proof yon hnvo
eonfidonee in ns and in onr shoos.
Wo thank yon for this confidence and foul that the
service rendered by tho shoes will provo that it is not
misplaced.
Famous AVAL KO VIS 11 lino with a complete line of
Sox, both plain and fancy, at
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buying
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You can Depend
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Greater Medford Club
Entertainment Tonight
EVERYONE SHOULD TURN OUT AND SEE THE
how of the Season
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LOS ANGELES, March 25 -Today at the Los Angeles motordrome, a
model 16, 40-horsepower Buick roadster, made a mile in time trials
officially imed, in 44 2-5 seconds, or at a rate of about 85. miles per
hour.
This was an, officially timed mile and was actually made by one of
the stock cars. '
This phonomcnnl speed was made by a Bnick, similar to that recently purchased by Wilbur, Jones, shcr-
iff of Jackson county. You will get the same kind of a car.
In speed, durability, reliability, id 'economy of operation, the Buick is without a rival. , .
Another carload of Buicks arrived yesterday. They are all sold and another carload has boon ordered.
MEDFORD BUICK COMPANY
TOU VELLE, Manager HODSON'S GARAGE
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