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Hi rEDFOT?T) MAIL TKTBtTNTS, TOPFOtttt, OEOON. SUNDAY, .TANTTARY 1, 1911.
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Medford's Five Hundred Thousand Dollar Gravity Water System Finished
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MEDFORD WATER SYSTEM
"M
Wnler liKlit ilnily How, (
1,8(10,000 pillions. '
Diverting dam on Untie )
creek. 1
23 milci: Ill-inch pip? line.
2,000,000-gnllon reservoir,
210 feet above city.
20.07 miles cnstiron (lis- '
tiibuting system. '
(Hy W. J. ROHKHTS, Consultiig
; Engineer.)
There nib three points in .the gnuio
til" municipal wnter supply: QuantiU.
ipinlity and coh). Bedford won on
nil three point.
The (pinnlity delivered ;it the eit
leservoir exceeds the oiigiuul esti
mnto ty a third; the quality is het
tor than was originally proposed, ad
finally, the total cost of the gravilv
portion was $32,000 less than tl
$300,000 allowed.
An issue oi' $3(;,00() of honds
was authorized in May, 1!)08, o
which .$(15,000 was to he used in.
cast iron pipe within the city propel
for distribution, hydrants .nnd a.
cessories, and $300,000 was nlniwcd
1'o.r the gravity sii))ly and reservoir
Tlie report which was tilt basis oi
the bond ifsiio estimated the snpplv
at .'1,000,000 gallons daily, diveitinl:
the supply from the north l'otk ni
little Unite ahoe the Fish Lake
company's intake to their canal. A
darried out, the supply was actualh
diverted at a point thiee miles fur
ther up the creek, assuring hett.
water for having tone above the twi
lnrgc stock ranches of llanley ninl
Slineer, and more water for thr
added 4(10 feet of elevation. By (hi
betterment the "gindient" become1
2.'1 feet fall per mile, against 111 feet
per mile proposed.
Tjie expenditures on the grnvil.v
wntqr system are as follews:
Water rights $ lf,000.0
Higit, of way 2,300.8
Telephone line 2,!)30.4:
Reservoir site (i acres). 2."0.()(
Litigation (right of way) 1,."2!).7
Hamilton construction
contract 2.'l!),800,0(
Extras 4 1.0.7.
Engineering, surveys, etc. !),.'i8.".2
Investigations, Apple
gate, etc J 22.(1'
Inspection 1,8(1.0.
Administration .iIMI.'i
.Miscellaneous, printing,
etc 307.HI
Total 8274,7:1 8.2
Deduct 0.200. j0
I'D'
fost, of graity system....(i8,5J8.J.
.'
LAVIXO 18-IXCII MAIXtrHKOl'OII MOKXTAINS.
Tho not pioceeds of the sale o
$3."i!j,000 giavity bonds amounted t
$$337,408.20. Ten thousand dollar
wore never issued, the bonding coniA
pnny rdefusing that much as neces
sar.v to coTer interest during tho thin
of construction.
The distributing system paid fo'
out of tho so-called gravity wate
Honds amounted to $(18,070.03: gm
ity system, as above, $208,518.27
total. $337,408.20 nroceeiis.- of th
bonds,
What did Medford get for th
$3o'),000? Water right A perpetual wate
right to a daily flow of 4,8(10,00'
gallons from a pure mountain strean
whoso minimum flow is at least to
times this amount, and further guar
nutoed by tho stored wnters in Fisl
Lnke and Four Milo lake, on Hi
summit of the Cascades.
Pipe lino 23 miles of lO-in.4
pine line, constructed of iniichiiu
handed wooden stave pipe having
carrying en pacify of 4,100,000 ga'
Inns daily.
Distributing reservoir A resor
voir about a milo oilst of town bin
ing ir capacity of 2,000.000 gallon
at an elevation 210 feet above th
business center of Medford.
Heservoir site and park -Fi
acres. of ground for future enlarge
UBdMiBlMLAiMSBL 2 ViE?,f'"W8!f xv i. .-w lialilBBr wwftl r i" n riinwIM
JHnHSHr.-T j.i-:i',-rr "''- n Tim ilBnOWhilTTniM ii'Ti' ifnl
inent of reservoir or for city park
Distribution Pipe: U121 feet 12
inch pipe, 14(12 feet 1 0-iuch pipe,
2010 feet 8-inch pipe, 2:i,()l.r feet 0
inch pipe, 823(5 feet 4-inch pipe; to
tal, 37,877 feet, including hydrants,
gates, hlowoffs and other fittings,
mil (1.83 miles of cnstiron maijis.
During 1010, 13.24 miles of addi
tional mains were laid,. making a to
al of 20.07 miles of cnstiron mains
actually laid. Contract has been
awarded for a mile additional and
petitions are in lor several miles
nore of extensions. (
To the !f(18,!)7!).!)3 from the gravity
vu ter fund expended for distribution
vas added the amount rebated on
reight by the Southern l'aeitic
company, a total of $73717.88. Thus
here was actually received and ex
tended out of gravity water bonds
or "distribution," !r7(i,3.")1.81.
Tlie citizens of Medford may well
e proud of their water supply. No
elter water is furnished any city in
ho state.
The supply is adequate for 20,000
icople without restrictions, and" fig
ircd upon such aveiagcs as apply vin
he middle west, the nunntilv daily
'elivcred to the distributing loservoirf
sufficient for 2.',(I(I0 to 30,000
ieople.
In this connection it may bo in-
eresting to note that the average
ost of a municipal water supply foi
cities of this class is not far from
.f.lO per capita. Pumping systems
go a little lower, and gravity sys-
terns a little higher. ModfonlV
gravity supply has cost less than $(
per capita of present population
and when it is known that tho siippl.x
is sufficient for thrico tho pieseu;
oopulation the indebtedness per cap
ta is among the lowest of the towie
'lining a system as good as ours.
BEST THEATER TOWN. ,
v 4.4-AfT-r 4
In one re-i)i'ct al least, Medlord'
laiuis to superiority aie not quos
lioned. As a "show town," in the
lineal parlance, Medford is known
is tho best "one-night stand" west '.
ho Hoekj mountain., when popula
io mind renting capacity of its the
ater are considered.
This i duo in part to tho marvel
ous development of tho surrounding
country, but most of tho orodit miwl
to to tho liusllint,' local maiiagor.
"Iiailos I). Haolrigg. Hunmlf "
dd nhowuiuii. he U kuown to man
gers all over tho country jind ovor
a the lookout to protect hn pnt
ons, oancoU many a show that u.
W.l mi In Ilia wtillldald. A U'sllll
'io poor shows (wo lime had
had" ones) that have played Med
rd in tho past tw seiiM.iis can In'
,in.i .. ti,,. t;,..rf.r i.f line hutid.
lill-( III 111 .!-
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1 .Hid being cmlidiot ot g-H.it i.nr.-
CITY'S INTAKK OX IIUTTK CKKKIC 25 MIMCS
IiAKH.McliAUOIIIJX (KISII liAKK), O.N'K OK Till? SOriU'KS OK MKI).
KOKD'S WATrJH SI'PIMjY. ,
('s
Medford theatergoers " 1,
the hoiiso" almost eery tune H
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opens.
Medford veceives much excelleiM
adveilising from these people and a
number of them have bought prop
erly here; t
The one thing that has been lack
ing is a suitable theater building, toi
the present one is sadly lacking ii
size and accommodations for ou-n
the piesent Medford. While Hi'
stage is fairly large and the tra cl
ing companies are enabled to liaiig
most of their scenery, yet at best it
,s but a makoshitl. Hut belter things
are in store and by the opening of
next season theie seems no douht
but thut Mr. Ilazelrigg will have it
theater that will be a credit to him
and his city -Medfoid the best
,how town o lc' coast. '
Rogue River Valleys Health Giving Climate
"What is the character of the cli
mate of Hoguo Hivcr valley?" is a
(piestion asked by ovary iij-wcnmei
and prospective lesidcut of Medfonl
and vicinity. ,
What aie the pievailiug diseases,
the source ot your water, supply, mid,
above all, is it healtlitiilT Do yo.i
have electrical storms or -wind
storms i Is (ho valley a good so
eluded section for senii-invalids?
There aio ninny faotois which
must obtain if one is seeking climate
tor ro&idontial, health, comfoit oi
business purposes. Those factois
aro temporal are, humidity, atmos
pheric pressure, purity of air, inti
tude, altitude and local condition,
i. o., iicaruoss to main tnu, piituic
if soil, irrigation, cultivation, popu
lation, smoke, etc. Tho amount oi
Miiishiuo, so important in the con
sideration of any cliniate, i gov
ernod largely by the humidity.
As the Hoguo Kivor valley oniuyv
about 300 days of sunshine yenily.
and as the sun's rays aie one of the
most iioworfiil diainfootants kuoun
to science, it imtwrally follow, that
this boetion is free fioin many of the
diseiifcos which nio commoii to esr
favored Kootioiifc.
Tho valley i froo of the muWi
changws of temperature so coinmui
oabt uf fho Hockv nuiuntains. Dm
ing tho winter tho tlipriiiouiclir '
often goo below froozing and lb
huUrit tauiumwr day nirely bini.
tho meniurv to 100 dogroos.
Tim heat i toinjwrinl bv colu..
northwest bre'. msking tin- ("
iiihIh H most (Wight fid one fn Hi
iihkI delicate patient-.
While the liuiiuiliU i- -r. l il
in
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tic -ll'il -
no -
KKOM MKOrOHl).
VKwi yuuu ,AKK OVK OK TIIK SOL'IU'KK OK MKDKOIOVS WATKU
sl'IMMiV KKI) HV TIIK MKIriNO HNOWK OK MT. JMilAUOIILIX,
KMCXATIOV 10,000 KHIiT, SHOWN' JX Til 1-3 HACKOHOCXI).
Hint season, the lack ol high winds of this section, is very onthiisiaHti'j
mid eipiitable temperature uiakc the nnd icfors Io its mild winters an. I
winter mouths as oujoynhlo iim tho 'cool suniiners, without extremes ol
lemainder of the yoar. ' . j heat or cold, umking an ideal health
ClimatologisU wouhj place Him idiiimle.
section in the category, of climates (Jiving to the iiiilduess of this cii
iih iiiland, medium altitude, both a mate, the absence ol extreme .degrees
sedative and stimulant, froo from of bent and cold, Hoguo Hivcr valley
winds, eloeiiK-nl atoruis and middoa I is suitable for a greater variety of
changes of tiiaponiluii), a ujont ido.il invalids than is any other of similar
combination of conditions, one which j size hi the woild. There is no cli
is tiuoiiiialed in tho United States. , mate in the world which has not its
The pin si., logical offoeU of this drawbacks, hat fewer climatic dis
section on the nowuotnor consistH id I advantages nio found hero than anv
inereao in roopiration and oardiae other countrv in tho world,
functions, incroiibo in appotilo and i For pulinoiinry disoases this sec
stimulation ot the n'orvoiw system, J tion cannot bo surpassed, and it
and in an ioeieae hf both (iuuilily piediclcd that the lime is not far
hind oiialilv or bjood. ,
Miiuney Yen, a fpiinoi-piotessor ot
King' collcgeJAirdoti, in upeakiug
ltll l Ollt, ON MI.IMOKH
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.Social Progress By Hattie Warner Gore
;
That man is a giegarious animal,
eer seeking tlie companionship of
lus kind, has furnished poets nnd
'philosophers a theme over since the
KiM Adiun'rohined, lonely, in the
Guidon of Kden, seeking an Evo o
lenliMii liis solitude. The hermit
, meditating in his isolation is not a
J oinial human being; to he deprived
nl companionship is regarded by the
(stale as a punishment suited to the
j most ullniuous crimes; while to live
in the world of affairs, absolutely
UMiorcd bv his fellow-men, has pro
vided an entanglement for the psy
. chic novelist which enabled him L
1 dne Ids hero to the. insane asyluiii,
'I Ins social -instinct, which beneath
the surface lies deeply ingrained in
l ho heart of man, is in no small de
gree responsible for the organisation
land consolidation of gieat commer
cial and industrial enterprises. It
woman is engaged in cake, baking,
.dressmaking, rearing children or in
following one of the fine arts as a
prolcssiou, sue. sleeks intuitively tlie
association of others engaged in u
like occupation; inun display the
same tendency not only in the form
ation of labor and trades unions.,
but also hi their organization of
lodges and social clubs. The prin
ciple is capable of well-nigh endless
application and amplification, ae
coiding to individual characteristic
and environment.
Seventy years sneo tho first resi
dent pioneers, threading the daik
finest of u well-nigh trackless wil
derness, pushed their way oyer the
Siskiyous jnlo the wagon road skirt
ing the foothills above Ashland, and
beheld the fair jewel of the Hogue
Wiwr alley, girt lound with a set
ling of emerald forests, spread out
before tho'jn. Seventy yea is J And
the slow, lumbering ox toiim as n
motive power has been superceded
by the steam engine, the gasoline mo
tor and tho storage battery; the prai
rie schooner is replaced by the pala
tial Pullman car, the luxurious tour
ing car and the automobile; the
straggling cat,tlo trails have been
trodden deep bv tho foot of progress
nnd are transformed into well-built
macadipiii.ed roads; the dusty high
i dislanl. when a sanatorium lor lie
i treatment ol diseases ol tlie lungs
will be established in the southern
III.IC.UTK Al 1T U.OOO.OOO
way of summer and the well-nigh
bottomless roads of winter are now
paved streets. Instead ol the log
cabin barrieaded to afford proteetiou
from a lurking foe, the modern bung
alow, with latticed pergola and
giounds aid out by a landscape
gardener, is the accepted style of
living; instead of tho sanded floor
of the pioneer, highly polished oak,
velvet carpets and hand-made Turk
ish rugs make the modern house hub-
liable. Tho table is resplendent will
ohiua, out glass and silver, while th
dolieaeies of the world's markei
take the place of the wild.gunie, bee
without salt and course bread of a
early day. Instead of the hourglne
and the cheap wall clock, a $300 m.t
hogan.V clock, showing the phases t.
the moon and the process of th
slurs, in silvery voice chimes out th
hour,, Tho cheap factory mat.
clothing has, given place to raimei
of costly material and elaborate d(
sign, and luxury of which our lore
lathers did not so much as dronm i
eagerly sought by their descoudniilt
With all this expansion the social 'oi
der(also has changed. Whereas th
neighbors would gather around th
pen fire of liu ovenim' ten year
ago, eat apples, crack nuts and en
joy social converse ami amateur mu
siu, now, a strong tide is sweepin
away such infoinuil evenings as th
basis of society.
Few faiinll cities can boast th
cultivated musical and artistic tasi
of Medford. To satisfy Hi'ih fasti
plays, lectures, concerts, grand op
era artists of the highest typo ha
been engaged from time Jo time am
are liberally supported. Lilorar,
clubs formed for the study of art
science and literature are eiithusias
lically sustained, while dancing par
ties, bridge clubs and a round o
dinners, luncheons, basilars and in
formal socials provide recreation fo
various tastes.
The first extensive and altruist!
charitable work undertaken by Med
ford lades was at the time tho Pen
warehouse was completed and before
its occiipancy,'when an elaborate In
followed by a musical program wa
giu'ii for the benefit of the fundi.
iuiffor.i)rs, of India. That;tho affai
was an overwhelming success, social
V and fiiiiiucially, bespeaks the o.
tculivo ability and laot of the Iodic
in charge. That 4ho saino vivid pot
lounlitios still wield tho social scut)
ter in Medford is to explain tluv oi
"iinizatioii and success of the wor
if municipal improvement, iindei
taken by tho Greater Medford clul
Ltho delightful teas and musicals e.i
a by tho Wodnohday Study cjnb, am
also the viii ions lahois for tho yoiiu
"arried on with unflagging energy I
tho churches of all denominations
While tiltru-pnigrcsHivo in man
ways, socially Medford is inclined I
he somewhat consorvativo; while i
welcome in cordially extended t
newcomers, an unrestrained freu am
sonry among women does not pi'f
vail; while full-diess and dccolleti
are considered conventional, a de
j& By
end of the valley.
Pneumonia, the gioat killer of the
eastern stales, is neither common oi
very fatal in this section. Ilhoum.t
tism, another disease which in the
cold, wel sections of the cast claim
its yearly quota of victims, is rathci
uncommon,
The wnler supply of Medford iv
one of. the niiiest in the win Id, be
ing derived from Fish I.nke, a spark
ling body of water at tho foot ol
Mount MoLnimhlin.
No human habitation is near t
contiimiiiuto lake or liver flowing
therefrom.
While there hnve been some cases
of tvphoid fever in Medford, wit hoi.t
an exception almost the source ol
infection can ho (raced to numerous
old wells from which the water sup
0AIMXH. KI.KVATIOX tilO FI3I3T
tniled description of dress is not the
most important part of tho reports
of social affairs. The value of ie-
crei)lion,
adapted to individual
needs, in oiling the rather complex
machinery of everyday life cannot
be denied, and what better men is
than the columns of tho local papeis
win be employed to inform tho woihl
that as a community wo are not given
over to a spirit of absorbing com
mercialism, but arc considering a
uioro or loss easy, leisurely and aes
thetic method of promoting social in
tercourse. It is hinted that, while
umosiug popular amusements ami
iffocling a certain scorn of the Va
ietie.s and frivolities of tVininiuih,
lien are the first to grab the Sun
lay paper and feverishly scan the
ooinj column to inform theniselve-i
is to what their neighbors have
leen doing and as to how they did
I. Possibly thoy are attempting to
range the real valuo of "society" as
i commercial asset that they may
'now how to shape future, wholosnlo
rdors for silks, laces, out glass, sd
or, jewels, razor clanm and wafein.
I'hoy are. sly eiiouoh and shrewd
uouuh, too. to make tho most of an
ipporl unity.
No doubt, oven in this dvaneed
ige, human nature Is still susceptible
o improvement, but woman has a
atural bent toward decoration and
idornmeiit that extends, beyond her
personal pleasure in dress, to her
'louse and to all with which she comes
u contact. While certain seriou.i-
liniied individuals may deplore this
H a very serious Htate of nffnirrf.
ti)j these .worthy peoplo should ex-
roisn a nraiseworthy natience when
hoy refloot how infinitely inore.so-
ious mallei's would bo if woman and
'ier frivolities wore suddenly olim
noted from the selntino of things.
4 -
t NATIONAL WONDERS.
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Medford is the gateway fo two of
tho greatest natural wonders in tho
world Crater lake and tho Oregon
caves, commonly known ns tba
'marble halls of .Oregon.'' Crater
ako is situated on the summit of
ho Cascades, 80 miles from Mod
ord, filling the deep howl of a gi
gantic volcano. It is circular in
hnpo, six' miles across aid its blue
waters aro 2000 feel deep,' the doep
'fit body of fresh water with one or
eption in tho world. Two hundred
iiul eight sipiaro miles of scenic
vonders around the lako have bee.i
el aside as a national park and
uiblic phiygroiu by congress, ami
irobably powhero in tho world .
hero such it wonderland.
Tho Oregon caos aro easiest
Vached from Medford, though looalr
d in Josephine countv near the Ap-
legiic river. A complete survey of
the caves have never been made,
'nit explorations conducted show
hem to bo the greatest cayes in the
vorld. far greater in extent add of
more wonderful construction than
I he famous Mammoth caves '
Dr. E. H. Porter
ply of many families was secured
before the advent of the present wa
ter system. In many Instances a
few led from these wells' was 10 bo
found the family nuthouses, l-on-lamiiialiou
from one to tho other was
an easy matter and very couiinoiilv
occuricd, piodiiciug intestinal dis
eases. Adcuunlo advertising frank in
forming, factful. frequent being a
part of a .store's service to you, it
follows that a good store is neces
sarily a well ad vol lined store.
Waiit-advejtiso for a now clerk or
office-woikor mid Your business
routine will scarcely bo interrupted
bv the exit ot tho other one.
AI.OVI3 ni!HiNr.sHr.crios OF CITY.
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