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The Good Ship 1911 Has Come Into Port Bearing Cargo of Unpreccntcd Prosperity For Mc4ford
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Full" Five Hundred People Preset
at Ceremony of Instituting Central
Labor Council in the" City Smok
cr Held in Angle Opera House.
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Charter Has Been Received From the
American Federation of Labor It
is Read and Framed Speeches
Are Made Reception Held.
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(Kully uOO iict))lo wore present n'
Anglo's opera house Sunday after
noon to witness the ceremony of in
stalling Hie Medford Central Labor
couneil, under charter of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor.
Tlie itortra were opened to- the pub
lie at 11 a. 'm. and from that time
until :t i. 111. throngs of people came
and went, during which time a boun
teous luncheon was served, which
wnf enjoyed by all,'
At 3 p. 111. the meeting was called
to order by C. W. Sherwood, presi
dent of the Central Labor Council
The reading of. the charter and in
stallation ceremony was conducted
by Frrtnk Colvill, state "organizer of
the Aiueiieal Federation of Labor.
After the council was duly obli
gated, several piomiuent men of tin
city, among whom were Mayor Can
on,' Win. W. Eifert, E. P. M. Ditt
ner, E. R. Wollers and many othei
men prominent1 in business and lain 1
circles, made speeches.
The session closed with n I'-out
from the management of the Ugo
theater, who presorted two of hiu
jjtjrforjnqrsjn. ,a. .vnudo.'ille fgketuh,
which was crijoye'd" immensely by all
prosenl.
The Central Labor Couneil start
the new, year enjoying peace and
harmony among all unions under its
jurisdiction and will extend eveiy
effort within its power to keep ui
the present conditions.
OREGON SUPPLY
PULP DEMAND
Portland Man Says That Supply h
Diminishing Rapidly, Bringing Or
egon Product to the Front Plenty
of Spruco In State.
That ,Oregu.n is destined to become
the chief pulp producing state in the
Union ,is, the belief of E. Z. Fergu
son of J'or.tlaud, who has been mak
the papor material supply in tho
south mid central states.
''It is a well-known fact that tu
pulp supply in tho Mississippi valley
is being depleted at a rapid rate and
it, is believed that it will bo a mattei
of only a Sew years that tho supply
will bo entirely txlinustcd there. Pa
por manufacturers in tho middle
states have realized the situutioa
there and are alreau looking to the
Pacific coast for wood pulp niuteii
al for i'ul tiro use," said Mr. Eergu
soh in discussing the subject.
"The Oregon hemlock is consider
ed particularly well suited for pa
per making. The supply in this stale
is. large," being scattered throughout
the fir forests. Tho hemlock i
spurned by loggers n few years ago,
but it now forms a largo part of the'
log production in ninny of tho camps
"Great (piuutitics of spruco and
white fir are also used annually b.
tho paper mills in the Columbia river
.' section, Ono of tho Inrge camp
produced about 2." per cent of hem
lock and spruce during ho presort
season. This stock would have been
n dmi: 011 the market had it not been
'for tho paper mills,
"Piipor mills of tho coast hoo.
during the pat few mouths, made
povornl big pui chases of this kind
of stuff. Over 0000 acre.s of hetn
loqk, sMruce nipl fir timber have
been old to papermuking concern
dining tho past few weeks.,
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The store that pays n lot of money
for space in which to sn.v something
Jo tou must IicHjVo that what it say
j imiHirlaul to you.
MAYOR
DISCUSSES
NEW CHARTER
Says He Had Nothing to Do With
Amendments to Be Voted On, But
Left It to Seven Capable Business
Men of the City.
To the Editer:
Permit Mile to say a word with
reference to the charter amendment
which is to be voted on.
I had nothing to do with the prep
aration of these amendments. 1 ap
pointed n commission of seven cap
able business and professional men
and turned the whole matter over l.i
them. I never snokc to a member
of the commission or to the city at
torney about these amendments; did
not know what was. being done and
never saw or read them until they
were presented to the council. 1 be
lieved1 and still believe that these
men were competent to do (his work,
land there were other matters de-
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"VARSITY" CLUB
NEARLY READY
Rooms of the Club in the New Mail
Tribune Building Are Finished
Furniture Will Be Installed itf
Them This Week.
The rooms in tho ' Mail Tribune
building to be occupied by the Uni
versity club are already, completed
and the furnituic for them i being
installed.
The club occupies three rooms rut
the' secohd'floor" Troiit of' Ihe now
building and will bo able to hold 111.;
opening of the club within a few
days.
RETURN TO HEAR
OF MOTHER'S DEATH
Just returned from a visit to tholr
mother in Shoboycan Falls, Wis., and
happy In tho thought that thoy .had
loft her so much improved in health,
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Trowbridge and
Hen. J. Trowbridge woro astounded,
as thoy stepped off tho train hero
Sunday afternoon, at tho reeoipt of
a telegram informing them of tho
elder Mrs. Trowbrldgo's sudden
death. ,
They had made tho trip to their
formor homo upon tho receipt, some
time ago, of news that their mothor
was ailing. When thoy left her to
return hero she was apparently fully
recovered. '
Owing to the great distance they
will bo unable to attend tlie funeral.
If you can even persuade a small
number of thu people, who read and
are influenced by classified adver
tising in this newspaper, to take a
look at your properly, you'll find a
NGENIOUS PLAN
When tho present administration
took office Jess than one-fourth of
tho city of Medford hnd water
mains. The contract for tho now
gravity system had been let and
K100.000 of bonds had 'been sold lo
pay tho cost. Without distributing
mains, however, tho gravity sy&teni
would be of little vuluo and wouid
produce little revenue.
Thero wasn't a dollar in tho city
treasury to pay for any more tmiine
fto'the contrary, $12,000 Jiad beon
borrowed from tho gravity money, lo
pay for the mains already laid. The
city had already borrowed to the fail
limit permitted by the charter to got
the money for the gravitveystem,
Tho situation was a serious oiu
The interest on (he water, bonds
amounting to about $20,000 a year,
must bo paid either by salos of wa
ter or" by higher taxes. The public
health imperatively demanded an
adequate distribution of pine water
1MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY. JANUARY 2, 1911,
ELECTION OF
PEOPLE PLAN
Using Lorlmer Scandal as Lever,
Followers of Bristow of Kansas
Will Endeavor to Force Throuqh
Congress Direct Election Bill.
House Is Certain fo Pass Such a
Measure .Method Would Avoid
Sccandal, Say Leaders Primary
Laws Supported.
Washington; d. c, Jan. 2.--
Using the Lorimer scandal as a lev
er, the followers of Senator Bris
tow of Kansas will ondeavor to
force through tho present session
of congress a resolution providing
for n constitutional amendment for
tho direct election of United States
senators. The measure would be
certain to pass tho 'house if it wcro
forced through the senate, H is be
lieved. Senator Bristow and his followers
have held n number of conferences
recently. Thoy believe the time is
ripe to try to secure tlie passage of
such a masure. .
"If we succeed in passing this res
olution," 'Said Bristow today, "it
will make tho session, ono of tho
most importnnt in years. Tho frqm
crs of tho constitution originally in
tended the president and vice-president
to bo elected by an electoral
college instead of by direct vote. The
purpose of the framers has lieen nul
lified for nioro than half a century.
The timp has como again, in my
judgment, the people are deninndiiitr
that the' constitution bo amended to
permit tlfbm lo directly choose I heir
sonnlors."
46. NEW ARCS ARE
SOON TO DE READY
Rogue River Electric Company "is
Rushing Work of Installing Addi
tional Street Lights Recently Or
dered by City Council. .
Work is being rushed , by tho
Rogue River Electric company op
tho installation of the 40 new arc
lights on various streets in tho city
recently ordered by the city cbuii
cicl. Tho now lights havo been placed on
streets which havo heretofore been
in darkness and when the juico Is
turned on the city will bo far better
lighted than ever before.
Every day some tore-patrons who
night to como to your storo go else
where to their own and your dis
ulvantage because your ndvertUs
iiu was not nuito impelling enougn.
SENATORS BY
WHEREBY MEDFORD SECURED $90,000 WORTH OF WAFER MAINS
throughout tho city. Typhoid fovcr
was becoming alarmingly prevalent
and tho fair name of tho city was la
joopardy.
The manner in which this situa
tion was mot and solved nnd tho
promptness and thoroughness' with
which tho work of extending tho dis
tributing system was carried out is
one of tho finest achievements of the
present administration.
After carefully studying into the
matter a plan of assessing adjacent
property, for tho cost of tho new
mains was adopted. Tho assess
ments were divided into ten annual
installments, so as not to make t li.-
burden fnll too heavily on property
owners, nnd bonds woro issued 'i
defray tho cost of tlie mains, these
bonds to bo retired ns the assess
ments were collected in. Had the
plan stopped hero, it would have
worked an injustice, because thoso
property owners had already paid
taxes and suffered tho whole city to
be bonded to pay for tho mnijis al
ready laid. This would have metiiit
that theo property owners, aftar
helping to ) a,v for the mams already
TO SPEND 11 5,000
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IMPROVING HOTEL
John Sheridan of Seattle, Who. Re
cently Purchased Rcddy Interest
in Nash Hotel, Announces That
Great Improvements Will Be Made
John Sheridan, formerly of Se
attle, who has assumed n half inter
est in the Nash hotel for a consid
eration said tolmvo been $2-1,000,
announced today that $15,000 will be
expended for improvements tit once,
Among other things, rooms to
tiring tho total number ip to 75 will
be added; Tunning hot and cold wa
ter will bo installed' and a large
number of bnths, . with private and
public, will bo put in.
Contracts, for ti .privato branch
telephono exchanger with instru
ments in all rooms, has already been
signed with tlfo Pnch'ic system, nud
as most of the material is already
here, this feature tyill bo installed
by next week. i
'The new order oftlpngs calls for
tho removal of the main stnirvay to
a position at the sTiutji end of the
lobby, making that s'pn'oo larger and
more sightly. f
The entire intorioujs now under
going changes at thdjjiandfl of dee
orators. "
Mr. Poll, who will manage the ho
tel, cnnio to Medford last July. Ho
was formerly connected, for a pe
riod of 20 yearrf, with tho Hotel I)a
cotah at Qraild Forks, N. Dak.
LOCAL SETTING
"Wjdow of Sterlingjjjlne" ShqwiaJ
Savoy Shows Jackson County's
Famous Placer Mine .and Power
Dam at Gold Ray.
There is being shown at tho Savoy
theatre at pieaent a comedy film
"The Widow uf Slorllng," In which
Jackson county's fnmouB placer mlnu
is shown, as well as tho country near
Gold Ray, whore tho power dam nnd
depot is shown. Tho film, thus de
pleting local scenes is of more than
ordinary Interest to Medford people.
Tlie picture wus tnkon last Hum
mer with a number of othors by tho
Solig Poloscopo company who woro
induced to como horo by Manager K.
O. Hubbard of tho theatre.
Mr. Hubbard disclaims writing the
llbrota for tho comedy but Intimate
friends are thrusting that honor upon
him. Tho-film will bo shown for tho
last time this ovonlng. Othors with
local setting will follow.
BURNS AND HOGAN.ARE
PREPARING FOR MATCH
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 2.
I'Vtiukic Burns, who is matched lo
fight One-Round llogau before the
Broadway Athletic club, the latter
part of thin month, will begin t null
ing for tho match sonic fimo Ibis
week.
laid, would be compelled to bear the
entiro cost of their own.
Mayor Canon proposed that lo
meet Ibis objection, each properlv
owner who made any payment on a
water main iihsohMiieiit should bo
given a cortiticato good in payment
for that amount of water to bo used
on the premises. This meant, in ef
fect, that tho cost of the mains
would bo paid bv the salo of the sur
plus water which would othorwiso go
to waste. This plan was also adopt
ed. To carry this plan' into effect a
charter amendment was, necessaty.
Much labor and considerable time
was required to work out all the do
tails, call an election and secure lite
approval of the voters.
It was July before tho city was
ready to start with tho actual work.
In a little over a year, undor this,
plan, (he city hns laid about four
teen milos of water mains at a cot
of over $00,000.
The soles of water have increased
so enormously thnl today (ho inter
est on the whole cot of tho water
bonds Is being paid by tho revenues
COMEDY
WITH
JAP ACTIVITY
IN PHILIPPINES
IS CONFIRMED
Ordlnanco Department Announces
That It Has in Its Possession
Mines and Maps Taken .From
Spies During Past Week.
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Sensation Is Caused In Islands
Two Spies Were Arrested Last
September Japan Can Take Isl
ands Any Time They Wish.
MANILA, Jan. 2. Confirmation
of Unito.l Press dispatches that ex
plosives intended for mining Manila
harbor had been found in Japanese
hands hero was furnished in posi
tive form today8 when the informa
tion was given out by the ordnance
department that it possessed a com
plete mnp and a case of parapher
nalia used in laying mines, obtained
in recent raids. Where "the initio nlid
materials woro found wtts not state 1.
The information has caused a sen
sation here. While it has been
known that the Jnpancso in tho isl
ands havo beeil very active, and thai
tho authorities believed they wete
endeavoring to plant mines ill the
harbor, it was believed that tho wotk
had gone no 'further than making
maps au.d plans smuggling in small
quantities of explosives. That a
initio had actually been completed
and o'iiers were being iniulo has
startled the entire population of the
islands.
.A'htU. tho . miHtat-yaudcivilmii
(horilios in the Philippines know ns
curly us last September that Japan
ese spies woro activo in tho archi
pelago is tho statcmout matte todnv
by Assistant Attorney-General Vil
lamoor of (he Philippine government,
who is horo in connection with friar
lauds settlement.
LICENSES FOR
FISHING RUN OUT
Anglers' and Hunters Must Renew
Annual Permits Before Going Out
Again Several Stopped on Sun
day. Charles B. Gay, deputy fish and
game warden, has issued u warning
to local sportsmen bidding thorn, not
to overlook the fact that all 1010
licenses havo run out and others
must he secured before their luck is
again tried out. Sunday a number
of sportsmen woro leaving for the
river when they woro allocked until
they secured licenses. Tho, law
doesn't consider forgotfulnesB an
excuse.
T
of tho system. Tho tax levy for In-1
terest on city bonds has boon cut
from 7 1-2 mills for lust yoar to 1 ,
mill for tho current yoar. In addi
tion tho city has saved $8,500.00
which has been Invested in- those
watermuln bonds and which will bo
put into u sinking fund to puy off
tho gravity bonds when thoy mature.
I Nor Is this all. Thousands of dollars
of tho certificates which woro given
out to property owners paying In
stallments on their assessments have
been redeemed und cancollcd.
The rovonuos of tho water systom
the first month Mr. Canon was mayor
amounted to a littlo over L'00, This
month' they will amount to $200 cash
ovor and nbovo tho wutor duos puld
by cortlflcajes.
Tho city of Portland has boon
fighting and struggling for yearH
over this samo problem of distrib
uting mains and when leading Infan
cies of that city woro approuched
by Mayor Canoi. to purchase our
bonds und our plan laid botoro thorn,
thoy woro enthtislustla In tholr
praises and stated that our system
was far more scientific and cqulta-
00 YOU WANT
TRIP TO CHINA?
R. R. and S. S. Rules Make Neces
sary Purchase of Two Tickets to
Hongkong in Order Body of Local
Chinaman May Be Shipped Home.
Any vfhtlm of the "Wanderlust"
hungering for an opportunity to vislt
tho Celestial omplro freo of chargo
can havo his wish gratified by coll
ing on John A. Perl, a local under
taker. Owing to tho death on Saturday
morning through hoinbTimugo of
Leon Fuuo Woo, a local Chloaman,
Perl Is ablo to make tho foregoing
offer and this morning said that no
favoritism would bo obsorvod in
awarding tho ticket but that "first
como" should bo the first solved.
Tho railroad and Bteamshlp com
panies, require the purchase of two
first class tickets whon a body is
shipped and in this inHtanco, besides
observing that requlromont, tho
friends of toh dead man aro in com
munication with tho San Francisco
branch of '.Lloyd's" rolatlvo to tak
ing out an Insurnnco policy on th'o
body's safp arrival at. Hong-Kong,
its destination. ., '. ,
Wee, the dead man, was Gl years
old and was ono of tho oldent Chl
ncso reHldonts in tho valloy. Ho waB
a minor by occupation' and is sur
vived by a wlfo and son, both of
whom aio now In China.
LOSES LEG WHILE
PULLING STUMPS
Woodville Man Is Badly Injured
Lef Leg Is Caught In Cogs of En
gineAmputation Is Found to Be
Necessary.
IL 1). Sanborn of Woodville lost
his left leg Friday while "engaged in
Jho work of stump-pulling for the
Bagloy & Street Improvement com
pany. Sanborn's 'foot slipped and
iiis loft leg was caught in ono of the
cogs on the donkey engine. The in
jury was so severe that Dr. E. A
Wood of Woodville, and Dr. Ander
son of Central Point were obliged lo
umpututa it above tho knee.
Although tho operation was per
formed successfully, Sanborn is in
a critical condition.
Sanborn is nhoil .'I!) years of age
and lives in Woodville with his wife
and child.
Tho latest reports showed that he
was resting easily and if no compli
cations arise his recovery will hu as
sured. If you aro working ut a "make
shift" job, simply hocauso tho suit
able position is not to be had, begin
a classified advertising campaign foi
self-bottermcut. There is a grtod job
for you and you can find it through
advertising, Very likely thcro is no
othor way to find it.
bio than anything that had boon pro
posed In that city,
Leading bond buyers have beon
sold, tho contractors paid mid the
credit of tho city of Medford, in spite
of tho heavy expenditures that have
been made Is higher than over be
fore This article would bo Incomplete
without mentioning tho splcnudld
Biipport tho city has rocelvod from
tho local banks, Last Htimmor whon
tho bond market was stagnant und
It was temporarily Impossible to eeoll
bonds in tho custom markets tho lo
cal banks gave tho city magnificent
support and tho administration was
thoroby onabled to proceed without
Interruption with this important
work.
It scarcely ploasani to contomplato
what tho result would havo been had
tho mayor and council been less ro
80ttrcoful and onorgetla in this omor
goncy. It .cup scurcely bo doubted
but that Medford would havo boon
plunged Into a typhoid fovor epi
demic from tho offects of which It
would havo required yearH to re
cover.
NO. 243.
BIG BLIZZARD
SWEEPING THE
MIDDLE WEST
Intense Suffering in Cities In Chi
cago Hundreds Aro Facing Danger
of Losing Lives Man Frozen to
Death in North Dakota.
Cattle Are Unprotected and Scores
Die No Relief in Sight-in iis
marck, N. D Thermometer Drtts,
to 26 Below Trains Strtetf.
CHICAGO, 111., Jan. 2. AWtzzard
unparalleled in recent ycarVt is mov
ing eastward through , 10''" 'central
western states todtty, loAving a wriko
of prostrated wires and paralyzed
traffic. The center of tho storm fs
now in Michigan und by night it is
expected that chill winds and snow
will reach tho Atlantic const.
Intense cold air aceompunics the
storm, and in tho larger cities tho
suffering is more intense. In Chi
cago, whero tho thousands of strik
ing garment workers aro practically
destitute, tho charity organizations
and tho city authorities report that
tho calls for aid aro greator than
thoy can fill.
Oncy death from tho storni hns been
reported. At Fargo, tf. p., wljolo
tho mercury reached 18 below, Wil
liam Thomas w,ns frozen to death. In
o(her cities conditions urn described
ns pitiful. Throughout, the ,orth'r.
western country trains are, stalloVl
and in tho cities streetcar (raffle, in
at a standstill.
Cattle and sheepmcp, according io
reports today, woro not expecting' a
Htorra nnd their hords and flockh
wore unprotected. It is believed
that thousands of hou'd of stock per
ished. No rolicf from (ho snow and' cold
is in sight. Tho coldest point on (ho
nun) was Bismarck, N, I)., whero (ho
government thormonleter dropped 'lo
20 bolow.
OREGON HAS 7
PEOPLE TO MILE
Rhode Island Has 508 Nevada Has
Not One Complete Person to Each
Square Mile of Territory Oregon
Gains Some.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Khodo
Island liusT08.5 persons to. Ihe
squnrn mile, thus, according to tho
censug .bureau' figures, loading the
lis,! of Hiatus in tho matter of 'dcitf
ity of population.
Nevudn, with only seven-tenths of
a person to the mile, finds a phico
at tho lower cud of the table giving
these facts.
Second in the density list, Massa
chusetts supports 418.8 persons (o
tho square mile; New Jersey, 337.7;
Connecticut, '2'M.W, and Now York,
101.2. The other states possessing
more than 100 to the. mile hqp
Wyoming, boasting one and .ono
luilf persons to Iho mile, nioro- than
doubles Nevada, whilo Arizona, with
1.8, stands third from (he bottom.
Montana, New Mexico, Idaho, Vta'.i,
Ojogou, South Dakota, Colorado and
Norlh Dukolu, all havo fewer 'per
sons than ton to tho square mile.
Of Ihe stolen of largo population,
Washington takes" the lead in tho
growth of density, having advahced
from 7.8 to 17,1 per square milo-in
(ho hist ten years, thus taking a
pluco between Kunsast with 10,5, and
Nebraska, vfth 16.fJ. Washington
exceeds her neighbor, Oregon; with
seven porsons to tho mile, by moro
(hnu 10, nnd oven surpasses Califor
nia with 15.2.
Idaho increased from 1.0 to J1.0,
and Oklnhoma from 11.4 to 23.0,
Tho figures for othor Btntes .are:
Indiana 75.3, Kentucky 5,7, Ten
nesson 52.4, Virginia 51.2; Wogt Vir
ginia 50.8, South Carolina 47.0,1
Michigan 48.9, Missouri 47,0, -Now
Uampshiro 47.7, Norlh Carolina 45.3,
Georgia 44.4, WisoQiishi 42.2, Ala
bama 41.7, Towa 10, Vermont 30,
Mississippi 38.8, Loutsiftim 30.5, Ar
kansas 30, MiunoBota, 25.7.' Maine,
124.8, Texas 14,8, Florida 1317. !,
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