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OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1910.
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A GOOD ROADS OPPORTUNITY.
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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.
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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?
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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. . .,
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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
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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
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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.
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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.)
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