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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1910)
"mw:-w St , V MEDFORD MAlE''TKtBPMfl, MEDffORP, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1910. i f-1 I mi ;-. m . rr ' f w I'; ! ' $ft . $. ft" ! ,&" ! Si': Xk.',1 ' ;,. " ' Pit. f A GOOD ROADS OPPORTUNITY. kAT do WHAT do you think of our county roads 1 I Don't you cuss every time you travel one of them! Don't most of them resemble the business side of a wash board! . . . ( Are there not miles of them that everyone avoids by driving on trails alongside! ' Are they not allowed to run down for years without repair work! Are there not entird strips of newly made roads actu ally impassable! t Is not sand and gravel dumped in piles along the cen ter and left for travel to distribute! It not wet weather depended upon to force traffic to level off these sand and gravel piles! ' Is a road once left ever dressed-or leveled after initial construction! Are not most of them so narrow you go into the ditch if you meet a team coming the opposite direction? Are not the county bridges neglected until all the planks are loose and some of them worn through! And when a bridge is removed to prevent its falling to pieces, as in the case of the Central Point bridge over Bear creek, is not such a small force employed to rebuild that for many months it cannot be used! And when the rains come prchardists will be unable to get their products to market! The Jacksonville-Medford road, constructed this year, is a good highway during the initial, year as long as kept sprinkled. It was built at a big cost to taxpayers, yet we nave tne wora or .engineer Jiildridge ot the good roads department of the United States government that the mon ey spent in its construction was largely thrown away, and that road building in the county is done upon the Wong basis. Who that has driven about the county has not encoun tered the county road building force, idle for minutes at a time! And yet every minute of idleness costs dollars to the taxpayers. Who that has built anything does not understand that the man who attempts to hire his construction done by the day, under hired supervision, like the lawyer who takes his own case, has a fool for a client! That the contractor's profit lies in his ability to get full work out of his em ployes! That even the big contractor , sublets his work, because it is profitable to so do, yet we have the countv doing all its road work hy day labor, instead of by compet itive contract. Iti s io place Toad building upon a modern and scien tific basis, to put Jackson county in the van of progress, to introduce a system of real good road building, that prominent citizens have induced George A. Davis to be come a candidate for county commissioner. A vote for Davis will mean a vote for needed change, for up-to-date methods and twentieth century progress. '" " Every good roads advocate should make it a personal matter to get out and work for Mr. Davis. i4 - - " . i.;s;ixfli is.'i; v,l.d LlK, ,. E.vl "s Mi .,v:r. . !xL " " v - - - : Mmni New Ideas in MEN'S WEAR P kk.-kv. v - -v'si.r;.-js COTYRIGHT mo ui KNOX HATS, $5.00. STETSON HATS, $3.50 TO $7.50. ERHAPS this Fall you moan to Culti vate a higher standard in dress may bo you arc inclined loword making a bottor appearance. Wo like to moot a man in this mood, and wo can readily transform the old into the now. It is dono by tho magic of our Hand Tailored Clothes. Wo reconunond our Fall and Winter Mod els as the highest expression of tailoring art. And, the prices are much lower than you should expect. v Ready for tho change? QGJEi&Z C-7 lOTHING MAJi'ord'.fl Corro Gl3-lK.X.4IBX-.r WILSON BROS.' SHIRTS, $1.25 TO $3.00 ,f- SHALL THE PEOPLE RULE? rpHE attention of the people is called to the following section of the laws of Oregen: -, "That we, the people of the state of Oregon, hereby in struct our representatives and senators in our legislative r's-embly, as such officers, to vote for and elect the can didates for United States senator from this state who re ceive the highest number of votes at our general elec tions." 1 The law was adopted by a vote of 69,668 against 21, 162. There can be no misconstruction of its intent to force the election of the popular choice as senator no matter what his politics. j If the people ignore party lines in electing a senator, they have a right to expect their representatives to, also. When a legislator refuses to accept the verdict of the people, he placs himself on a pedestal above them, says his judgment is better than that of the people he represents. It has been the object of all progressive legislation in Oregon to break down the political machine, and to sub stitute the rule of the people for the rule of the politicians. To this end they have abolished 'the political convention. Thejhave enabled the people to name candidates instead of the political boss. They have made it possible, through Statement No. 1, for the people to elect a "United States senator, and in so doing they have put an end to legisla tive corruption, to the buying and selling of legis'ators like cattle, to disgraceful legislative deadlocks and scan dals. Do the people of Jackson county want to restore the conditions they have abolished? If they do, a vote for W. M. Colvig will help do it, for he is the open and avowed champion of the assembly, is against Statement No. 1, does not believe in the direct primary or in popular legislation. V IS OREGON TO REMAIN PROGRESSIVE? MEDFORD CONSERVATORY GERARD TAILLANDIER, Director for Music and Languages will open on September 26 in the Natatorium. Full faculty. All Branches of Music. . ., WVH. .'" d0Mt&WftlMWJ- v"S- V,, to fool the people, is a discarded fetich. Ilulf the members of each party are in revolt against the ac tions of the other half. But the cause of nil the turmoil is the pros titution of government by politicians for the benefit of speciul interests and the desire of the people to rule. In Oregon tho assembly represents the stand-put element, the reaction aries of tho Jarty. In congress, Mr Hawley followed the lead of Can non and voted in favor of every measure demanded by the predatory trusts. He fought the insurgents at every turn,' and represents those things that insurgency seeks to over throw. In Jncksou county, stand pattors, admittedly in the minority, have had the courage to name but one candidate, and behind him have centered their entire strength in the hope of having a state senator to stay with them in selecting the next United States senator. MANY AFTER OFFICES WISCONSIN, Michigan and even New Hampshire, this week joined the ranks of the insurgents. Wherever the people have had opportunity, they have overthrown the machine, and the rule of machine xolitl cians. The entire nation is in revolt against Cannonism, Ald richism and ,stand-patism Roosevelt has jumped upon tho' insurgent band wngon, and Taft is climbing up. So are politicians elsewhere except in Oregon, where poli ticians never learn anything by experience or observation. IMe.brasKa ana otner states are adopting tne uregou plan rthat, is the tSatoment.No. 1 provision of the direct primary law, for the popular election of senators. Tt promises to be adopted universally in a few years. It is everywhere being fought by the politicians, but the now order is demanded by the people, Party name, so long an effective means for politicians GRANTS PASS, Or., Sept. .10.- The time for candidates to file thir petitions expired yesterday. A good many waited until the Inst hour. Three arc out for sheriff,- Will Smith, the present deputy under a democratic sheriff, is running on the republican ticket. Harry Couglo heads tho democratic ticket. O, M. Ivnox was nominated by the repub lican assembly. For treasurer, J. K, Peterson is the 'assembly and II. ('. Perkins the democratic candidate. For county judge, J, K. Jewell, the present incumbent, is running on the democratic ticket. The republican i candidates arc ,M. A. Wurtz, M. J. Anderson and J. T. Logan. Logan is the assembly candidate. H. A. Dcap is (he only condidnto fur surveyor, Dean is tlie appointee oP the county court to succood Mcns'cli) who resigned several weeks ItgO, Dr. Fred Strieker has filed his pe tition Xoy rcnoiiuttatiou Jor coroner. For county clerk, Fred Cheshire has file.d his petition for re-election. Opposing him is FAigejio Colmrii. The big f idi t i this county will be 'over .the office of county judge, Grand Total 47 Carloads ..! kI- Pear shipments from the BURIIELL ORCHARD ho far this season total 47 cars. Analyzing this roughlv it moans that over TWO MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PEARS have been picked and pack ed, one by one, and shipped to the markets of the east. Extra Fancy Pears Prom the Rogue River Valley have almost all been har vested and shipped East. A peculiar foaturfi of tho Or- ,;i; chard business lies in the fact that little if any of tho extra fancy fruit of any variety is kept for home consumption. THE TREES that produce tho goods, however, arc always with us, and if you are looking for orchard hinds, we have V them to show and sell. Big Red Johnathans Are coming into their glory just now. .We have ten acres just turning blood-red adjoining and a part of twenty acres ' ' of Yellow Newtown Pippins that will bo a money maker for someone. The sale pried of this property is just about the gross amount that the property will turn off in one of the next five years. It is a beauty and no mistake. Come and see it'or write to us about this block. I Jno. D. Olwell Exhibit Building, Medford, Oregon, Henry D. Kubll Funeral. The funoral of Henry I). Kubli took phut- at Juckonvillo Saturday after noon and" ono of the largest crowds that ever attended n funeral in tho county seat of Jaolwon county w.s present to show respect Io Ilia prom incut native son, The 1)U were in charge of the sorvlcos at the grttve. To the People of Jackson Ceunty: I am a candidate for Htutu senator. I am n Hopubliuan. If nominated at the primary and olootod ul tho non oral oluullou I will kIvo my bout ef forts to sorvo the IntoroUH of tho people of Jaokiion county. I will not voto to oloot a domoor.it to tho United States Houuto, hut I will voto to eluot to that office tho Republican candidate who shall have received tho ltluhcst number of votes thurefor at tho general election next preceding. I want this statement to be plain ly understood ho that no portion who desires tho elootion of a Democrat to that Important office will bo mis led Into voting for mo by thinking that possibly l might, under certain oiromuHianooH, aid In bringing about such a rosult, for I will not. 1 beliovu that as a reproHontntivo of those who elect me, I should carry out their political views. I favor the pormauont mainte nance of a statu normal school at Ashland, Or., and if I am elected I will use ovory effort to soouro sVch institution. 1 inn in favor of good roads and huvu given much study to tho sub ject, mid as to tho mauiior of pro curing them. Important legislation '"s needed before much can bo done in this matter. In nrdor that tho fish that run In tho streams of the ntato may be en joyed by all our people, tho gruod of the canuerymon at tho mouth of the rivers miiHt be cheeked in some legit imate way so as to allow a freo run of fish to the interior localities. I feci that I am thoroughly acipiaiuted with the condition of such affairs and will, if elected, bo able to render efficient service therein. I onnio to Oregon in October, 1851, when I was six years old. I have worked in her forests, her fields and her mines, and I believe that I know her needs. I am known as a "pro gressive" in fact, I am called a "booster," and if elected I shall es teem it a great honor to boost for the whole state, but particularly for ackson county. If I am not nominated at the pri mary convention, it will give me gru.it pleasure to assist tho victorious Ko publicaii candidate who defeats mo, to an election in November, and to urge my party friends to give him a cordinl support. I will not, during tho campaign, porsonally inako n re cpicflt of any voter to supiwrt mo. I will bo pleased to meet mv fcllow-cit- i.ons mid publicly address them on political mutters. Hospoct fully, VM. M. COhVIO. (Paid Advertisement.) fid 1 s ,Ci" ' il A . .";. .. a. s n "AM.iw,fc.s