MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEPffORp, OREGON, THURSDAY. APRIL 7, 1910.
Medford Mail Tribune
Cowpleta Scries! TMrty-ntnth Yenr:
Dully, Tlfth Year,
IGNORANT OF CONDITIONS.
THE Portland Labor Press, alone among the nows
Dancrs of Ororron onnoscs the ulnn to build bv nub-
AFrTV'lQ subscription tho Crater Lake highway, arguing that
jpRiirriHo co. ! the timber owner's would bo the ones most benefited, and
-TZZZ'Z, f MMford mml that a heavy tax on timber land would yield the needed
sttbllshcd 1SS9; tho Southern OWRon- rfVpmin
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Tlmos, stt)llhcd 187J: the AshUtul
Tribune, ctnbllshel ls. anil l the Med
iora Tribune. tatablUhctt 99t.
QEOIU3E PUTNAM, Editor nnd Manager
Entered as second-clsss nintur No
vember V190J. at the postofflce nt
Medford. Orecon, under the . act or
March 8. 187.
Official Paper of the City of Medford.
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Average Dally for nn
November. 1909
December. 190
January. 1910
February. 1910
IXarob Circulation:
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2 5.225
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Net total ...I. 89.500
Average net dally 2.10J
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CENTRAL POINT ITEMS.
D. T. Luwton of Medford was lit
town Tuesday morning.
Mrs. 1. Olsson litis boon visiting
at Medio rd lurtiitr tho wwk,
Ooorno Wiijjht emtio down from
Prospect tho fonj part of this week.
Mayor l.oovor, tan, attondod tho
hall Kumu at Jacksonville Sunday.
Dr. h. Kirch Gossnor was down
from his HoRutWivor ranch Tuesday
morning.
Mr. Vaughn, a prominent resident
of tho Table Hook section, was In
town Tuesday. ,
Q. S. Mooro and A. W. Moon,
promuiont lyiHiie.-x men of tins city,
wero nt Alciltord Monday.
Colonel P. L, Ton Velio was In
town Tuosday. Mr. Ton Velio Is tho
Southorn Oren agent of tho Bulok
autouiobilo.
P. Orlipp. who owns a fino orchard
on tho hillsido west o? town, was a
business visitor m town Tuosday.
Mrs. l'lensnnts was called to
sblnnd Monday on nccount of the
Mrs. Emit
tor,
lCBDrOXU), OXB903F.
MetronollB of Southern Oregon and
orthern California and fastest-Brow
if city In Oregon.
fnr,,,lnlnn. AnrlL 1910. SE00.
Banner fruit city of Oregon Itogue
lver apples won sweepstakes prize and
Xit or
"Apple Slurs of t&s World"
at National Annie Show. SDokane. 1909,
Rogue River pears brought highest
prices In all markets of the world dur
ing the past rive years.
Write Commercial Clab for pamphlets.
Socialists carried Milwaukee. Now
for Utopia.
News item: Taft spent yesterday
fa. Washington.
Every orchnrdist in the valley
site aid tako stock in the new ex
change.
Earthquake in Portland Earth-
qaako in Frisco none in the Rogue
nver valley.
April 24 is "Tuberculosis Sunday.'
This doesn't mean that every one is
to catch it
Congress has voted Roosevelt the
franking privilege. Lord knows, he
was frank enough before!
As Omar Khayyam remarked
nbaut Teddy, "He knows about it ull
He knows HE knows."
"Practical men" were quite com
n both in the New York legislature
Bd the Pittsburg council.
Close the Rogue to commercial
fishing it's tho only way to prevent
complete extermination of fish.
Next month the Southern Pacific
will use the phone to dispatch trains
on tho Shasta division instoad of telegraph.
County Assessor Strain of Uma
tilla announces his' candidacy for the
gqvernorship. It will be a strain if
hf) gets it.
Southern Pacific officials are on a
trip to Crescent City from Grants
Pass. Does it mean a railroad to
the coast f
The lion-hunter might grace the
vacant throne of Abyssinia, whose
efficial title is "Conquering Lion jf
the Tribe of Judah."
Only a fow names needed to com
plete $25,000 subscription to the Cra
ter Lake highway. Oct on tho roll
of honor before too late.
Oongross has passed a bill provid
ing: for. the immediato survey of un
surveyed portions of railroad grants,
so 'th'ey may be patented and become
BnUjee't' to taxation.
The state of Washington proposes
to- Maintain roads by a tax on auto
IHE&ilee. If Orogon should cdopt
this plan, what a harvost would bo
reaped in Medford I
No true sportsman will catch
steolheads at this season of the year
-they are either spawning or have
just spawned, are thin, weak, unfit
te t and unable to fight. They
will not take a fly for some months.
BENEFITS OF GOOD ROADS.
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The benefits of such fine roads are numerous. There
is an immediato and direct saving in the cost of hauling,
for farmers, fruit growers and all other producers obliged
to haul their crops to market, or to the nearest railroad,
Dense ignorance of conditions is shown by tho Labor
Press when it makes such an argument. Tito road would
benefit some timber owners, it is true, but not many. '
would benefit far more the farmers and homesteads-';
but most of all it woidd benefit tho people of tho entire
state by making accessible a great national park and
diverting to Oregon tho money spending tourists who hav e
done so much for California. It would aid matorially in
developing the state, and woidd result in the expenditure
of many millions of federal money in improving the park.
The highway will travcrso a sparsely settled country,
a country that from its character always will bo sparsely
settled. Much of it is still government land, and non-taxable.
Miick of it is railroad grant laud, tied up in litigation,
and much of this railroad land is unsurve ved and non-taxable.
But little of that section of the highway that will bo ' nh,0 ""ot! hednuKh't
built by public subscription is in the timber belt. ThelBrophy.
Uascade torest reserve embraces most ot tlve timber trav-1 Mrs. Whlto of Twin Falls, Idaho.
ersed, and this section will be built bv the government. !w " co visitmg hor father, G.
To await until methods of timber taxation could be Jv at, ror om weeks, returned
changed would involve yeai-s of delay. Even then, it woidd 1 'TaynTwer, Glenn Owen, Frod
be an impractical method of securing the funds. The su- nonold nnd Glonn Plon8m)t(J woro
preme court has decided that the state cannot bmld tlie nraonf. thoBO who nttctuled tho ;ro.
highway. The only way it can be built; then, is by public iduotion of tho "Red Mill' nt Medford
subscription and Jackson coimty, and that is tho way it Wednesday evening.
will be built. Nort Eddings .of Gold Hill, a pio-
The Labor Press should investigate the subject more ncor 8tnR? drivor of s?ullor Ore.
thoroughly before attemptog to toook a public-spirited SStTfcWrt WbS
enterprise because of its enmity to timber men.
i
A. Balis nnd family loft Monday
for Hnlsey, Or., whore thoy will give
tho Willnmetto valloy a trial. Mr.
Palis has been n rcstdont of Uiis sec
tion for somo time nnd wo predict
hut n short sojourn in tho Willamette.
It was gratifying to soo tho number j
uj imgwu. a uiou-v-iiiao iuuu iuu uuau ui naiiaijui- nail gnmo nt Jacksonville Sunday I
tanon is less than half what it is over a poor road, espe
cially in the wet season, when mud abounds.
Eoad improvement, asserts the Sacramento Bee, has
encouraged settlement in the country and promoted sub
division of lands, for it makes travel to and from the city
pleasant and rapid, whether by team or automobile. It
also invites much transient 2)leasure driving, and induces
strangers in the city to visit the country. This in time
will lead to much buying and settlement in the country by
eastern and other visitors, who without good roads would
mot be disposed to go beyond the cit3 limits.
mi r i i t -1- i i r r i
xne oouuiern .f acme nas aireaay expenenceu eiiecis Sheridan. Wvo who have boon
of the good road building by the competition of automo-1 spending the paat several months
bile stapes that has snnmp im. This tends to the imnrnve-: tll3'r daughter, Mrs. G. E. Fox,
ment of the railroad service, in order to meet such compe-lZ nl"
Jji the long run, however, no interest profits more by valloy for a number of years, and it
good country highwavs than the railroads, for fine roads ' i pretty hnrd for them to got out of
promote settlement and rural lite, with consequent increase
of production, freight and travel by rail. Often the differ
ence between good roads and bad is sufficient to determine
the question whether a given crop shall be hauled to the
railroad, utilized in some way on the farm, or allowed to
go to waste.
The rule cannot be too strongly Btated that the life of
a good road is dependent upon constant repair. It is folly
o build a fine highwa3r at great cost and allow it to go
without attention save at yearly intervals, and then receiv
ing only nnperfect or slovenly treatment.
JNo railroad could exist on that basis, and the difference
is one of degree rather than of kind.
In the European countries, where road building and
maintenance have long been systematic and thorough, men
are constantly at work upon the roads. JNo ruts or chuck
tioles are allowed to form, nor arc loose stones permitted
on road, surfaces. Constant supervision, with endless re
pairs and watchfulness, keeps the highways in perfect
condition. Such treatment is far more economic than the
Oregon style of having road work done at intervals of
twelve months, and then in a wretched fashion.
It has been well said that the worth of a road is to be
measured, by its poorest part, for the limit of weight for a
wagon load is determined by the capability of the team to
pull it over the worst stretch of the highway. So it often
happens that but for one or more mud-holes or marshy
spots, or rough, stony places, or a grade unduly steep, in
- i.t ; a i. i
u iiigmvuy uinurwjHt guuu, me luau oi learns couiu oe in
creased from 50 to 100 per cent.
Oh, See Who's Here
Cleveland Moffett
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C tpyrltfht. 1900, by D. Appleton O Co.
YOU MUST BEAD IT.
Tho Medford Mail Tribune has chosen "Through the
Wall,' a tale in which the mystory challenges the read
er's guessing powers, as tho next serial.
Xt is the story of a woman's devotion and mingled
with the narrative of tracing a crime in tho gceat and
wonderful city of Paris is a beautiful story of love,
trustfulness and undying devotion.
Starts in The Mail Tribune Friday
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ouch encouragement inuucos mo
plnyers nnd promoters to mnke every
effort to give us good, cloan sport
and wo hope to see the same Hvoly
interest manifested throughout tho
entire season.
P. Olsson, accompanied by his
daughter, Miss Mnry, and Miss Pearl
Ross, spent Wednesday with Mod
ford friends.
L. Hatfield's clearance sale clos
ed Saturday evening nftor n week's
duration. IIo reports an excollout
snlo. t
Captain and Mrs. W. Rnwlings of
CLEAN UP THE CITY.
Hy'time is here." Clean up.
Plies spread infectious and contagious disease more
than all other sources, Plies breed in filth. Clean up. .
TJ J. J - 1 11 l t lit i
lx you want 10 Keep tne ciry nqauny, ciean up.
If you want to make the city beautiful, clean up.
If you want to make the city attractive, clean up.
If you want to make your yard in back as respectable
as your soon to be paved streets in front, clean up.
If you want to keep your family healthy and want to
keep healthy yourself, clean up.
Remove the piles of manure, refuse and garbage. They
poison the air and breed the disease-carrying fly that
spreads the death-dealing germs.
Get rid of your tin cans and litter. But, above all, don't
let your garbage accumulate. Clean up. .
Cleanliness is next to Godliness. You feel more respect
able and you are more respectable, living in a clean city.
Therefore, clean up.
the habit of enjoying our mild winter
climate.
J. 11. Byerly of North Dakota, who
is tho new owner of thoE. E, Miner
ranch on Knnos creek, returned from
tho onst tho forepart of the week
and Ab now domiciled in his now
home.
Haskins for Health.
Tho Fl3 t Hslf Mait.
The custom of Kbowlng the ting at
half uiaHt orllimtitl from the way nt
sen of showing the pro-cmlnencc one
ship bad over tho other In tlmo of war
fare. The vanijuUliftl always lincl to
lower Its ting, while the victor's would
be rnlKPd ns lh n posslblo in oxul
tut Ion. To lower n Hug Is an net of
submission or betoken reopect to a nil
perlor or Is n hIkusI of distress. The
boUttUK or a IIiik' lulf mnHt high came
to Im unci), therefore, us a sign of
mourning and rejinfct.
Not EnouQh to Go Around.
"YVlint nr you laughing at, denr?"
nstced n fond inntlier of a little four
yeiir-flld tnlns who itemed to bo great
ly nniUHcd.
"Oh. at something funny that hap
peucd." was the reply, "but it's no use
to tell you, becauao It Isn't funny
enough for both of us to laugh at."
Chicago News.
A Muile! Opinion.
"What selection Is that the orches
tra 1mm Just UnlMiwl?"
"I don't know. Sounded to. me llko
ncurnlglu cxprcsHcd in music." Lon
don Tit-nita.
HypnotUm and Marrlaga.
A Georglnn fotnplalns tbnt his wife
"linn hypnotized him." That Is n hnblt
women have; otherwise there would
bo no mnrrlnge.-Charliton News nnd
Courier, ,
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VAN DYKE'S
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Wrestling Contest
MEDFORD OPERA HOUSE
Saturday, April 9, at 9 p. m. Sharp
DAVID RUEF vs. E. C. TUCKER
COLORADO WIIBSTLKK
WKIGIimO MB POUNDS
In Two Best out of Three r
Five-Round Boxing Contest gas a Preliminary
Seats 50c, 75c, $1.00 and $1.50