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.iNtEWORD'MAIT. TRJBUNig; MTCDitCtoD, OKTitfON." STTNMAWAiry; 1, 1911.
S., P. FEATURES
VESSELS LOST
FPltfff CDFFT3
tl-Moin.j ua n y fc
MEOFOROS
ON COAST FEW
1911
Railroad Acknowledges Increased
Importance of City by Fcaturinp.
Name In New. Folder Is Shasta
Route City in January Book.
U. S. Lifesaviiifl- Service Report
Shows Excellent Work Done Dur
irtrj Year Only 53 Lives Lost Out
of 66GI Persons in 1464 Disaster
Big Time Had in San Franclsw List
Evening MostElalibVate Farads
in History of . City Fully 150,800
Visitors on Hand.
i . i i 'I I i - ..." I 'MM
r .. ..Ml IIIM.UU lUHLLIUl A . ' !
'f i x t i o-y , i u u nn'C JH
IllUt Bvis" " "" tnn - " " t"7"." C.l.Ifc
HAfflt SBkffJ,! .. & ." --.. i. '"- .-.,. law
v 'wl
The increased importance, of tho
city of Medford and its growth dur
ing tlio la'st year lids impressed the
Southern Pacific railroad officials to
such an extent that the name "Mod-,
, ford" In bold typo Is featured In
, that company's folders for January"?
1911.
Desldes being Included with Port
land, Tacoma and Seattle in tho list
of cities mentioned as being on tho
"Shasta Route," tho word Medford in
the body of the tlmo table I3 made
,, prominent and is tho only name
printed in black faced type on tho
lino between Montague, Cal., and
Roseburg.
' (In order to formulate plans for tho
holding of a musical festival hero
next spring tho Oratorio society will
hold a meeting next Tuesday night in
the nNtatorium building.
T8lio intentions of tho leaders of
the movement for a festival aro to
arrange UiO'dato so that tho services
of tho Minneapolis Symphony or
chestra can bo secured. This organ
ization, concoded by musical critics
to bo the third finest of Its kind In
the world, will make a tour of tho
Pacific coast durlug tho coming
spring.
JAP SPIES ARE,
CAUGHt AT WdRK
m
Federal Officers Said to Have Shad
owed Them While at Work in Isl
and, But Were Powerless to Stop
Them Under the Present Laws.
MANILA, Dee. Ul.WnpaifoV.c
bpies in the Philippines are not onl
aclive in Manila bay and on Corra
ucrior ihlnnd, but the United Press if
inl'onncd today they, are cuK"Xcd in
mapping out the entile iuclii.)ehigo.
The military authorities, it ih
learned, are i'ully aware of the ac
tivity of the little brown nion and
have been .secretly watching them a
their work, Thcw know exactly!
' what maps have been drawn, but
they are powetlcbs to slop the work
because there is no law by which
spies can bo interfered with. The
only Inw under which the secret
agents of Nippon could bo checked
-is trespass, and this law, it is learn-
ed, they havo been caiefpl not to vio
late. i Tho maps that have been made, il
is. ascertained, aro not ouUunry nmps
of tho island. They contain much
greater detail and aro drawn with
enro and aci'iiruey. They show
rcjjuls, l'ortifiuatious, the general
I'onfoimuti'oii of the country and. in
hliorl, contain nil the e-sential infor
mation that would ho useful in ease
of an invasion of the Hands.
"OLE OLSON" COMING '
SOON TO MEDFORD
Ben Hendricks' comedy, "Olc Ol
son," is joining Thursday, Janunij
.nt the Bedford theater.
'"Olc OJson" is tho play in which
the Swedish dialoct was first made
life of for stago purposes. This
picoo has taken its placo as a fun
inaker by tho side of the Gemma,
Ipsh and) Yankee dialect pluy-, and
"Olc Olsqn" is equally us inteiesi
iiig and pleasing as any of this style
of dramatic woik. The storv of
course centers around "pioy and tl'
ool and unruffled manner in which
lie baffles' the schemes of the villain I
nqver fails to get round of applause,
H
dcalinsr. us it does, with tnc i
Intions of a voitnc widow and the
fq'rts of faithful young SwcdMi
jnan a hopt she has befriended. (
lighten liar burden, N told with the
Jiutural simplicity that is heart-appealing.
Mrs. Jqnlon, the widow, has
almost overcome tho schemes of an
Jiiihcrupulous brother-in-law tihon
Jmr first husband. Jetferson Hut,
whom she has long behoved dead.
niukcs hii nppearanco and co-oper-
makes Iih appearance ana "',u''
tcs with.the scoundrel to secure a
fortune left her by her fir-t busbaiu.
In the pursuit of this plot tl,oy run
...Miiiap fr the voung Swede, who.
intiuctive)y dislikes the two niscnm
'and becomes Mr. Jordan's selt-a.v
pointed guardian. Tito development
e i,o fiu'nilisli immigrant from. the
' '" '-"-- , , c.,l
uncouth and awkvvara io Wiu i
Mi-American Hliron is earned along
on line- of mingled comedv I....1
palhos. Seals on sale Monday.
BBTlTrSiBLllSfc? ft
J
BUNGALO
CHURCH
BEIHGERECTED
'
Christian Scientists Arc Ercctinn n
Splendid House of Worship ' cli
North Oakdaic at a Cost of $9000
Uni(uc in Architecture.
Construction is under way ointhe
fir.st "bungalow" church in the
northwest, First Church of Christ,
Scientist, now being constructed by
the Christian Scientist on North
Oakdaic at a cost of $9000.
The church is unique in arehilec
tnre and resembles a country club
houso more than a reliirioun edifice.
It is built for use and comfort ami
the stately stiffness and foiltiddiiur
barrencss of church architecture iu
blrangely missing.
The church wdl contain, beside
tho assembly room, a library, read
ing room and other usable featmes.
MAY MAKE LAW .
TO BUST TRUST
U. S. to 'Commence Suit for Dissolu
tion of Electrical Trust Octopus
Charflcd With Using" Patents as
Club to Make Prices Soar.
. WASHINGTON. I). ('., Dec. 31.
tlio proposed suit against the "cli'o
tiicul trust" to bo iilcd in January
by the attorney general will bo
somowlmt singular to thut now be
ing proseeutcd in Canada against tho
United States Shoo Machinery com
pany, according to tho plans as now
outlined. It will be alleged by the
government in tho coming suit that
the electrical trust has restricted
competition and advanced prices,
through the protection- grunted it
under patent rights, as well as
through triiht ngieumonts and con
tracts. - i
It is intimated heio that if .tin
government fails to iivaidato Iho
patents held by r tho oleqtricnl cor
porations, a low'sinulnr to that en
acted in Canada will bo piosented in
the next congress. v
v
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HENRY FARNUM FLYS,
384 MILES IN FRANCE
L'TMAPK. Kranif. U'i-. :U.
Hcnrv Fauiwii " Fniim liiplum
today smithed pievnm u-couN aid
won the Mieholm inx for ditaucu
HvIim. M84 miles. ThU break-' tin-
:""', mlirk wtttbliBhed vot rt'a uM
Kjord J , TAuleuu, h-. li,w'
Buo bj Mmco
JB-.00 mile
Medford Theater.
Saturday. Juuuary 7, I H. WOlttnl
offers the play iih ,ol -."'', ",V'"!
Time, tho I'laeo and the Girl." few
iimbei, three scenic
n " " ,,,, S(,
f , "V,,,,,,.,,,,, j.n.u.n 1
Clir-
..
AX AXGL1J JX TUK KOGVK UIVI2
STERLING MINE
SHOWN ON SCR
"The Widow of Stcrlinn Mine" Is
Title of Picture at Savoy, Showing
Jackson County's Famous Placer
Picture Taken Last Summer.
A moving picture showing the fa
mous Slci'ling mine of this eouniv
has been roccibed by 15. ('. Hubbard,
manager of tho Savoy thcaler. lie
will show (he film tonight.
The mine was iiiado tliu Hutlhnr of
u comedv enacted by a company im-
ported last summer by the nioviti-
piclnio company, winch was inter-
estcd in locnl scenery by Mr. Hub
bard.
mm ?m is
Lilfb REPLArJTED
.
IS. 1. Shannon, acting supervisor
of tho Crater Lake losorvo will will
loavo tho city early no.t weel; on a
tour of Inspection.
Ho will vIhR tho Cat Hill section,
about HO miles of which was burned
over last Hummer, to report on tho
in ogress of tho le-scedlng of a por-,
tlon of tho burned area now being
done,
Owing to tho bhow now on tho
ground there, tho seeding party aro
"broadcasting" tho seed. '
Norway spruce, Kuropoan larch
N
...... wraivii. )nu ,..". u. .- ,,oaa)lo t(, g(jl a CO,J0,0 r(;c,onl r
letles being planted. j tho saino from any sonicu. Tho map
Theie mav be better opporlnuilios' "Hon which tho systom Is shown has
for tho onUipiising and progutesivo boon scaled, and tho same shows
than those offered in the Hog'io u,,0,,t G-8:J ,,lllert of 4 G 8 J0 "(1
Kncr allcv, but if Iheio iiie, thev 1-' l'"--'' 'l"- Tho distributing sys
havo necr been pointed out tem to'iulred U',000 ubovo tho bond
i i i,,.... ..i.... ..... it... ......
p!rrz.k
rsz'
iaaaSyg: y', .,,, JlLoG'u E Y. valleh 'figaB
vA BK-aalaJi."U.iJf-J'iiJeR ': tjj . txrjrJiw mvjntitmu KtiwyiarrnruwawmimKmmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmfmrammmmm IBI
11 .ORCHARD DISTRICT.
ROOT TO BUILD
BUNGALOW STORE
Promoter Will Erect Bungalow Store
for Bunjjalow Patrons' in 'Bunga
low Neighborhood Will Vcntuir.
$G0QO on Novel Idea.
i
John M. Root Is having tho plans,
diawn up for it "bungalow store"
wlich he Intends to build soon on
tho corner or Main and Oiango
streets. ,(
To bo localwl' In neighborhood
given up ulnioHL"hotlreIy to buIldlngH
()f tho "bungalow" ty
galow lypo, tlio struc-
1 1 m
. ture, which WlU houso a grocery and
drug store, will conform In ovory way
i ) J
with tho oiltectural lines of Its
ulghbors and whon completed will
have necessitated ai outlay of ap
pioxlamtuly ?t!QUV, ,
'O00.000 w public v;ork
(Continued from puko 1.)
li acting firms, Hnkor & Vincent, ami
tho Jacobson Undo Co., at u total
cost of $1)0,159. til, In addition to
this amount, the city has Jald from
Its stock of second-hand pipe.
$2,292.23 feet of ! and C Inch water
mains. .
Wo might hero compare tho cost
of water inula construction during
1909-10 with that as previously laid.
Tho part of tho city distributing
sjHtcni that wus put in under tho
$05,000 bond Ih.suo, is not recorded
in our office, In fact it bus been Ini-
CT7?fi-DFQlD.
GRANTS PASS. .
' 1ASV0TE0WET
By Majority of 49 Votes Neighbor
ing City Votes for License new
Yoar Will Sec Saloons in the
City.
GRANTS PASSVMco. HI." Uy i'
mn.joiily of -ID voles link city totlu.v
voted "we!." The ounrpiugu Art a
voiy quiel one. Only it light vote
was cast.
i
Issue, to bo completed, limiting tho
ti.S3 miles of mains a total coRt of
$77,0li or ?1j,275 per mile. Tho
VA.'iA (lnllos contracted for 'during
tho presonL admlnlatratlon cost $(!8I!l
per mile plus cost of engineering or
.022 or $0971 per tulle.
This shows u reduced cost of
$l,.'!02 per mile of main notwith
standing vtholucrcnscd cost of mate
ria! and labor . daring theso two
years.
. . . ?08ToprT8? c. .' HHKDLU U
V -,Mn c da m olCiuls.
Tho West Main nuicadani road,
joining (ho pavomout with tho coun
ty's work, contains 2110 skunio
yards, tho cost or which Is $1590, 50.
Recapitulation f total Improve
meats: 1. Street pavements ... ?:J77,G 15.08
2. Sidewalks 74,0'0J.G0
II. Sowers 110,412.00
I. Water nmhis 90,159.13
5. .Macadam roads 1,590.50
(J. Giavity water supply. 275,000.00
(baud Iota) $934,789.00
This amount doua not Include tho
cost of tho gravity water systom
which lias been iustullQd during the
Piosont city administration, nt a cost
of upproxliiiKtcly of $275,000.00.
Tho detailed report of this water
OK..GOYl
WASlIINaTON', 1).' C' Dee1.' t)i.
Only u'J lives' out Of OllGi persons
itivolved in 1HM disastei's tovtssrls
of all clashes within tho sooo of
the United States lifesavnig service
were lost, and but 74 vessels wcro
practically destroyed during Iho fis
cal year ended, Juno 00, just, accord
ing to tho Tepul-t of S. T. Kimball,
geiicral superintendent of tho Serv
ice. ;
The report shows operations in
the iHlh district, embracing the
coasts of Alaska, "Washington, Ore
gou and California, as follews: Ves
sels involved, 136; vessels losl, P:
pei'xoiiH on hitnnl, 070; lives lost.
37; porsons slidcored at stations, 24'
number of days succor afforded, 20;
valuo of vessels, $1,000,1)75; valti?
of cargoes, $238,(100, Tptal value of
property involved, 1,320,505; value
of prdportv saved, $onil,153; value
of proper! v lovt, $301,110.
system Is being proparod' by Mt "V,
.r. ltoberls, coiiHiiltlng englnoeV, un
der whose direction the, myopic wa8
done.
With tho cost or tho gravity jiyn
torn, tho total oxpondlturo for tho
two years amounts to $931,789.00.
VI. Cost of Knglnecrliig.
With tho oxpondlturo f v$Gq0,
789.00 for improvement within tho
confines or tho city, wo may toko
this opportunity of jnnMng a com
parison of tho coBlq of our engineer
ing with that or other cIUch. '
Tho entire amount of tho pay rolls
of this department for tho ,tw,o years
last past is $11,001,11 or .022 Of tho
cost of tho entire work dono undor
the dlicctloa of tho city englnoncnr,
Tho writer has written to tho on
gineorlng departments or several
Ictles, asking for their cout of cn
meuts as wo havo had In hand hero
for the last two yoais.,
Although wo havq, not, latyon (tho
tlmo to compnro Mcdfpr'u.r0si to all
tho cities ubovo referred to, wo will
hero give tho comparison with thouo
of tho city of Seattle and thoir lot-
tor follews: ,
Seattle, Dec. io, loio.
J!r. Harry 13. Koalor, lUty Kagtucor,
Medford, Oio.
Dear Sir: Hopljlng to tho request
of your AT, V. 10. Soaniuu 1 would
say that tho porcoutago or, our flxod
cstlmutes to tho total cpst of t)io
work for paving, sowers, water ninlha
and planking contracts averages 5 or
(i per cent for grading add concrete
sidewalks contracts 11 or 12 per
cent: the extra cost of tho latter is
largely duo tq the fact that nl pre
liminary surveys, sqch au contour
maps, the riming of secljoa lines, lo
cation of streots, running ot levels
unud pioparatlon of preliminary pro
files, and other miscellaneous work of
this character Is ull chargod up In
tho first contracts let, .which aro , of
course tho grading Jobs. Our fixed
estimates include engineering ex
penses Incurred by, Iho treasurer and
comptroller in tho collection of as
sessments and cost of advertising and
pi luting, which under our .method Is
considerable. Tho avorago cost of
ongliieorlug propor will run about 4
por cent for paving, sewers, water
HHHH
I HI
SAN IWANtJlSC'OVCal., Jan. l.
(Sunday.) "Freddoln 'for all, blit
license for liono" is ho "way "San
Francisco colbbVatcd 'tlib new yhir.
It "was in accord -with instruction
issued to his nicn' by Chief of Po
lice Seymour Saturday. Jloodluin
ism was strictly tabooed, but-'otlicr-wiso
''go as fur as you Jike, ' stud
tho chief. Nearly 800 policemen
wcro on tho ptrcpts. o sce.thnt his
dt'ders wore enforced.
ConTolti, ticklers, bolls and' other
itnpleiUenJs of torture, wore pisrynit
ted, with certain , rcqtri&tionq, ,x
plniucd to the patrolmen Ju aJcngthy
document ,postc'd iu all !fe slntions.
Mnking, also wriBVcnnitted, but ntty
tendency to "rough-house" offasH se
verely 'dealt -wilk.v , 44 Vrfr''V
The feature pf tho merjrynfeHig
was tho .miduigbt promeimde iutMtfr
J;et street, at which, time street'c'tir
traffio wa biisppidc()nil jUw Sn
lirc .lliai-ougnfaro tuniedocrto the
nierrymakei. Tho'pnra,a6wiliS 'tho
largeit qycif tyfld, Ijl '$i't JjrancisJc,o.
All day visitors sfrom neigubonug
cities poured in mid .railroad statis
tics nro oxpocli'd to sboY jth'st
least 150,0)0 pCoplo caiuo )iqro ex
pressly to spend NoMj Xetiifp, pve.,
Vhilo M"arkct- stroet and Ha
neighboring cafes y1as Jliie center of
attraction, eelobrntions in other
parts of the city woro Jialtf.
Bandstands Avcro erected, (qn tlio
principal corners and IconjrM woro
features. Othpr bands paraded ta
bles in tho downtown oafes void as
high as $lf aa hour. .9 .
mains, planking and, concrete .walks,
and about 8 per cont for grading, the
extra cost for tho grading being ex
plained above. , . , , ,
Very respectfully,
i. u. rtoMsloKr,
tClty;"fchgiHcpr.
,Dy A. IT. Dlmoclc, sTgttod),kU
Acting Principal Ass. Engineer.
AIID D y ,
Paving, $377,015.00 Seattle's
cost, $15,104.60; 2. 1-2 jior cent,
ATedford's cosh' $8,307.53. Dlffor-
onco''Mcdrord,a favor, $0,797.07.
Sidewalks. $74,00C.0(' 4 por
cont SoattlO's cost, $2,9G0.24; 2.2 por
cont.AIedford's tost. '.028.13 Df
foroucb Alcdford'B fu r, $1,32.11.
Sowers,. $116,4 lS.tfO ,4 por cont
Seattlo'o cost, $4,050.48; 2.2 per
coat Alodford's cost, $2,561.00. Df
forenco Modford'a favor, $2,095.42.
Wator mains, $00,159.004 per
cont s'oattlo's cost, $'300.36; 2.2-por
cent Alcdford's's cobj, $i98a.50, Dlf
foroncO Modfprd's favor $l,622.6(f.
Alacadam roads, $1,597.004 por
cont Seattlo'H cost,$68.88; 2.2 per
coijt, Alodford's eot, $35.13 . Dlffor
onco Modrord's favor, $68.75.
Total Improvements $659,789.00;
dirrorenco Alcdford'B favor, $11,
870.20., Kroiji tbp above It will bo seen
that ottr cost of engineering, cover
ing tho amount of work dono In tho
last two yeurs,jH $11,876,20 cheap
er than that ot Seattle for a lfko
amount, or work. This amount la 81
por cent of our onilro payroll for tho
two years.
It might bo further stated that tho
Inst three months iob acconipHshcd
mtich In tho way of offko and Hold
work.. M.at has beon dono, on tho
plans, etc., for tho work to bo dono
tho coming yoar, and for which tho
.022 por cont should bo reduced, .
With this amount qf work coming
as It did,, mqstly durjng tho proseat
year, tills offico has been placed iu
an embarrassing position no'thav
liig plans and estimates completed
bodoror starUnE tho work. Thla.jH
truu, , particularly In, regard to rftjjo
laying of water mains and street im
provements. Tho wator main and
paving contractors woro asked tof bid
on work to cover a half million dol
lars, without having tho plan ot a
single street. Wo might be likened
unto an architect who wquld. start
tho Immedlnto construction of a, half
million dollar building wlth.qnty?i
slnglo nlaa, drawn, .Yet wo ro4?to
start and start wo did, yvith tho ex
cavating contractor working on-lmo
uut ol.WoJtt TicuthfstrpeJf,ano; PUr
field, cpw ou .tljp ,nthor end, utaktflg
Cf9a ctou U9ter tq detormJno, !l)o
.cpiantlWes, So It wa iorth mot
part, throughout tho soasou; go?,dvo(
flco and field men woro scarce, as
.hq,.soaou. has la)eaf,,a f n8jrH;Hlarly
busy pnopr all clago oL,eaKmeers;
some dolays wore occasioned ,tl) cqpf
tructors, and much dltwatlsfactloit re-
sulteyl In UJ,, ow,,out JuvUt).Ue
aU;ept iHjiurviywueU b.ajbeen 04.
not m ait eases perhaps, in tne ihhk
possible manneri hu It uo, la tkern
not a reason? , , ,
HANY K. KOTHR,
lOty Hktwr,
1
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