Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 22, 1911, HOMESEEKERS' SECTION, Image 22

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Newspaper Page TextF -4 7MT-t- - , ' 'l ,,' ssnemmem HrWWMBii' m i--i -. - rf v-TSi . ..u n.. WiMMTiWlifcllHihlMl-"'"-!!' iAHDFQRD MATL TOTBCTXE, rEDFORD, OREOOy, SUNDAY. JAyrTARY 22, 1911.- " 'W ' "' ' "" f -" " J ' ' ', ' i .i ii - . t .......... . t ... Medfoird Is a City of Fine and Up-to-Date Scliools and Churches I MILLIONS' SPENT -FOR . .RUBLHC IMPROVEMENTS H. i lt44 f 4 THE SCHOOLS 4 4 4 4 4.4 4 444444- ! ' ' ','" ., i ' . ... , -f I a -. bt ' : t Utirln;; tlio past two yen i-H Medford has expanded $!).'! I, 7S0 for public Improve ments., Tills 11111011111 Iiiih boon dlsti Ibttlctl ns follews: Strot paving -$577,018 Sidewalks 71,000 Sowers . . ; 1 10, 12 Wntor Mains ilO.lfi!) Macadam Uoads ... l.fiJi" OnivUy valor system d:7f,000 jP'oiul , ., .f ., .v .$l)SW4.Sli 4 -f jf -f .4- .4 -f ,4, ,4 f , 4 ,4 .4 , (lly I lurry ICFostuivCUy .WiiKlnccr,) In eqpipllunyu with now ro(uent Hint I-, prepare a stutoniont nutt lut? forth (ho niuuuit , or .miinklpnl lm urovonumtH,,hiit. have been done by tho city rljjj:, tyie. ,li,( two years, herewith f luljlio followlp; . i IrrrHtrect timing. Hoforj!,. Uio completion of our hlt iilltlilcqtit,nculn,.luiiu tlti year,-tint city udvortlsud.. -for bide covering about iine .mlltis ,gf Hired Improvu mentH..liwiAlaroli .r this year five coin potj.tlvo, (Concerns submitted their reHpectJvo.. bds .for tlila vork, and It might ,bo nddqd, l.liat.tlie contractors were ((billed, to AM o this Work without liavliiK ..plans .sbowini; the iuantl(l(K, etc. . .After due conslder ntlon by file council the contract was awarded to the .Qlnrk & llcncry Con-1 Ktructloii (Jo., of Haoramonto,, Oaf. TIiIh ropip.apy liar, coriplotod UiIk year 1,0 1,510, ii!l square yards, cover ing 527.. mlli-'ii .at a total cost or ?2:M,0f(0;,OO. , , , In .1 iijio of. thin year tliu Wnrroni Const ruction company completed their hint contract for bllpllthlc1 pavenpmt on.WcRt-Malu atreot, which completed .12,7 15.12 tt tare ynrdi., (overbuy !M' mll0B.nl a total cost of ? I 12,010.08. ltecaltuIatlon , .street Improve liieiitH.: Illlullthlc pavement ll10 inlloH, cost ,fl I2.010.US; a aaphaltle pave ment 5.2S mlj,Nv.((!?2jt,l,000. To tal yi;: inlU!H,,cot ,$,77,0,l,'i. OS. ,, ,11. rtjhle.wiilks. During the two years iibuvo niun lloned 111 ore have been constructed IS nillus of qtjinunt sidewalks and 2.5S miles ofi .board. Hltlmvulks at a total ijost.og $71, 000. GO. ., . , III.-Kmvoi'N. Thure bun beon uonutrnctud In the past two yea is by the oontrautliiK firm, of .lacobvoii-llado Co., 1.1.. 2 mlloH of 0. s, io. Ii!, II. 10, 20 ami 21, IiujIi uoweiH, at a total cokI of $.,110,112.00. Qf tJilH amount theronroM20i)'foH if .20, lm:h Htorm,owi(r ,uJd from the cnjel; at the lutertiertion of i:ihth and Ulvertdde to tin Houthern Pacific right of way on Houth D.AnJou utreet. TIiIh Hlorni nwwor Ih deH-1 alh'iHMl to extend wuwt to drain a part of the Houthvtwt portion of the ell Ktoi.'iu water. I.wkIIih; from the In tiir?oilI"ii of Weal Main and l.auiei KtriM'tt) lo the diwhU, thmit lian been cumplotud tlll.'ti.UO I'Miit of :' l-he-h Mtorm Huwer. TbroiiKb the liuHlne.s suction of the city. thU ewi Ik lulil apiiro.simatoly 15 feet duep. In ord.ir to mi've bauttmout dralnaHe luupoHet. Thin Hewer will also he u.twiidttd in; the flirt hot' draliinne of .onn v ater I The comblnml fiipuii, of thene two croti town. Htorni.Mvr U iiUout 25 ktx. fuel, or 1000 mluot'M InohtM. IV. Water .Mains. The .ptiMtml administration ih laid U.ai .mlluM of I. 0 :.ud a IimIi v.'iiltM' muiiiH tUrouKh the two eon-1 (MietliiK I'lrniH. .linker ,V VlinMiit. ainl the JnqoUftuii .ilade Co.. at Uttul cowl of $U0.5D.ia. lu addition to ihU amount, the clU' Iimh UiW fi'nw , I.INtOIA H( IIOOIj. f7'5V - V SMIN'(T()X SCHOOL. ptf 'kfvifcV - f' ,-r- r'w' ' ' ' '' '(P' - 4 Is nw 9 31 wSlia - -1 r4w i Hfrftas, '-t3s wmmmm&,.. ,,jiisTrL! 1 mmmmmmWM ' ? k-W. & isPIHew "Sri -.. flfl 5a. -. --- ii8 i-"5SkJ .. T 1 PI H (Stfrifl -tfi 'in'pr " Jl2 tPi " j nw4HIWt V - r- " T?: -'-- vz mr rri-' - iftj'i ST. MAKV'S AC.JH:!V. (,Ci;i.V A.V.VK AM) .i.V( KSi SCIIOOUS, TO HK KCKtT 101) Dl'ltlNC 11)11. KHHBnr ' VSKi ' ; inHflY: " BHMml SSi hMDH9 Bi nf 5 Sii-MJ fM5ipMi RMiMJivM w?ifcr? pfri' o4siri ,lnRK7il.4XtSritfUf( ii. . ?k mASm 1"ri-k ?I&Bi Mjr SiWir tm s for Jackson (cnuiiy. It will fnrnb-'i ' Tije i.. it.'iry of timber tributary tran-sportatiou to remote dirt rift s. ' o'Medrcrd .ten;a lar lo.ond the moan the employment of lutndredH of ' 'fiuim c .lai licon county. While the son county Is In Its Infancy, whllo It sliould be foremost anions all ludiiB trloH In the county. In nonie future time It certainly will be. but such 'counties in wl.lclt the forests are lu men with a cnrros'.iondint: big payroll nnd monn money to the merchants of the cities in tho county who will fur nish the logging camps with their equipment and supplies. Not only this, liut ub everyone knows. 25 por cent of all receipts from national forests go back to the 1 si . i ,, , , 2 Shi, . Ilv ;i jii'o'i I. Wetei- maliiH 5. Alucuduiu ut! .- B. lliavity wator supply iMm SfcSA&lW- '&-"Mm t-. .. r h xm m MPA II IC. It SI ilOOI., JACKSON COUNTY TIMBER VtLI. .'iv J-JTir -TlT- MT'Tlit?'t 8rjiP' i: tluvolopmunt depends on btter trans portation facllltlos. Owners of lHrge titicts of timber hnvo no much capital Involvod In tho uQqulroiuput of tholr holdlngti that thoy are reluctant to luvetit heav.il.v in tho construction of rullroads In order to get tholr tim ber to market. Market values for lumber have coustuntly been Increns Iiik and they feel it a god Investment to continue holding tholr timber. The government Ih wIIHuk to sell Its ma lure timber at any time, nnd its n cully fire Killed timber It is advei -tUlnic for Kale now at extraordln.u -W.w prices, and in lnrge enough hod Ich to warrant the construction railroads to the timber. To buy tlmhor from tho tuition. l Torest luvohen n coniliurtlvely smm amount oi eapltHl. The Umbe: i paid for by insUllmauts us cut ai' leu ves the purchaser fret to uxe In availabel inomty to Install logfiin equlpiuwut. Any business props llou which sarw tying up lar-. cutod. Kor the riscul year en din Juiu) 30. 1909, Jackson county re solved over $4500. During tbe pres ent your It will receive more and in future years a sum of 30 to 50 thou sand dollars will be a low average of the amount Jackson county will re ceive each i it This s'i' the counties. . hool ;ni 'oiul fund orcst r:va of tirpor Itogue river is mmensc. there is an equally vast rea to the south and west, extend ing Into Josephine county, in Ore gon, and Into Siskiyou the mountain carriers being such as to make it 'nip(ig!')le to move the timber except 'rem the Ornpon side, r.nd through Medford, the nearest railroad point. The 1'acJfc ft Eastern railroad lready readies the timber belt of upper Ro5ue river, nnd tho railroad roposed to tho Hiue' Ledge copper ulncs will open up tho vast timbered ;vRton ot tho Siskiyou range. All ten merchantable timber In--,) H..,te if of flt-:t ' r i .! li"u-liodb'd i (By U- H. Collins, Sttporintentlcit't Medford C'itv Scliools.) jrodford's system of pilitlic who.-ls excels ninny Inrcer cities in Hie. kind of work ilono, nnd nthc WMiTa! in-tc-cst in ediiealion, iind her willing' ne to MMMire tlurt results i JmM' the (liwlineliur of liavtrtf nmor (hu 'tiirlicst ftnlajicd tenchcix m tli-.'-stnte. Medford is prok-iblv ,uiMiirjMtpe4 ,v any city in the i-orthweM in th l)uity and cniinent of llio liUsli chool bitildin: recently completed- 100!). 'flic course of study ombr.iceH Knalih, Latin, Gerinnn, From-li, anion.!: tlio lnnj,'UHKor.: chpinwlvy, phv-icK, botany,' pliysioraphy. ns tiMhomy, ucoloy. njjrieultiirc, hor liculturo, rmotif,' the sciences: Amor icaii, nncicnt, medincval, modoiit, Knylit-h in liislory; nlj,t'bm. geom etry and trigonometry, in mntliomnt ics. Aside from any of tlieu Mib jci'ts tliu hltidunl litis Hit? ndvunliiRC of traininir in coninicrcial art, domes tic science or lnainml trnininjr de paitmontd. Thcye divisions are .com plete in themselvcrt, each littvinj; tlicir slieeial room and instructor. Horticulture and agriculture nrc the two Ir.st sulyccls added to flic science deftnrlnieiit of the hih school. The marked increase in the popu lation of the city of Medford i$ roul ized in the fact that the lnrfje liiIi -chool huilditifr hut recently complet ed, tojjether with the l:ire commo dious Washington hcIioo! and aune.", mid the Lincoln r.ehool. eaniiot nc ' nmiodate he 1G00 students. St. Mary's trendomy is n privtitu ii'Mitution in the city which is doimr . splendid work nlenjj: educatioiial '' c-. It is conducted by the Catho-li.- -ji-ters. Tlie new year has n, most prom-i- in;,' oiitlotk, however, which is msin il -t in the construction of two large buildings to provide for the ineroiitsu of population ami attendance. The.-c biiildintrs will be constructed largely of brick and stone, of the latost architectural design, of the beautiful mission type, and contain the Intcst improvements in lighting, heating; nnd voutilr.tion. Knelt will he equip ped with gymnasium, hoys' and girls' lunchrooms, principal V office and li brary room. offering from 100 to 300 feet, tho knight brown trunks free of limbs or many foet up. Most of theso rP3 will cut five to olght 10-foot -gs aud are from three to eight eet In dinmoter on tho stamp. Fully " per c nt of the lor i'l'o aurfr.co le.ti. free of knots. . . i. t . T i ,uih; i. n I U. I I ' )ev.ill"l of l'e l:.ilier . ho,1."iW. i;: suuices of southern Orogun lu tl'i I."'1 luted ' th" s.oVi-' III It'ill Will prob.l '".'" '! tnK" phice rapidly within tN i amouuts uf capital U the greatest in u'M rew ve;tis. no (locbi much nitv.t ducemeni to industrjo. It Is reason (I rH ml total . . . ,;, i vv' (iitlihh th.e i ie Umber in pnsrosslci nbly ertiln that tho next fw yea.s This a mo u n i dws not Unstti, r t ptlvate owner.-. Or the 20.000, will bring about railroad exteiibtoi. cost ir the t.ravliy w.Uvr K-i-m oimi..iiiii iv.i oiMattdlng timbers I. , In several pai i of Jackson eun: which lui: bei-n ImialleU dutlir the .lacUxou conin more than luie-lmlf . i the limber within tho Crater nation. i' i ..I...U.1.I, . 1 . . .1 1 .... . . . . . ' - IU Aloek of siK'ouil- hsnil ,,1 '"-. -tuHiiuM i. uuii, hi a i;ohi n ih in ii.e I'miiuk or private ov iu - i Mrest. t.8&2.8S feel. uf. I ami lucli water I J1"1' "''''" ""i "r : ' 5"00-00- Yt the liinilierltiu tudi"lr in .laclt t Such devlo)mtnL,vUl mean nm nmliiu. i TffiEWJSS' rv ::! Wo might hure lomvj.'e the (Hict or wator r.iitlu consiriiciiini ,tltuiiitt 1. 'Mi. 1.10 with .that as piewiMitaLv Utld. 'Plio H'art or ths city illstrlhiiUiig K.VHlom that wivs put in under the $04,000 bund Iksuo, Is nut sur( ' In our.uffluo, li fad. It fcs htwn iiu piiMllilii Ui act a oumuleU' resiird f ,pit same from any suuroo. HUw ump upon which tlio system In situvu ihas Uuon scalud. and the Mtlllt Mflowsj about U.ia ajillt of I, 0. fc, ao gud, IS Jnch malm. 'I'e lls(rlbt;UM ' te)Ut;tti)ulk(l fix.uuo ahtive Uit btuttl, Issito to Iiu (itiiuiiiult'il. -taking 1410, US1 .iriljww uf jIuuIhm a io4l eotl uj JTJ.OUO.iti $11-2.7 i usi uilli- The) IS.Url Julio cwiliMiioU for 4itrtC ih,inijnt HdinlnisHait.);i vut ii trill liuui'1"" I'' tu cust uf imgiiieeilutf or .oa,(jrJ0a7l uur miUi. ,T(lls .Hhowt ;i rotluuud tost uf t4QXrimr, mile. uf liuilti uutliwUh- sUuidlnK Hi" llietuasud ctl uf msu- rii nndtdiibor .tkirJiift Un' o '. .Macinlaiu HoatN, ' bo Wjiwt Man macavlum nMd. J't'lUPK 4li -PAveipent .wliji tliwtKiua- lS WdUi. (Iiptalns -til" hU.ii xpds. the CO! t uf wj pi! t $l."it)ii " iteitipltuhnlot of I"'jiI mpro '"IV r -t 3-,SSv ' $$&& ""''-- itoouE iciviiic YALL&y v-''JS?!; . ' - - j - . ! araly. 'iitiiistiM in mi iM oito VtT " f.- - ?. . T" r vTSBTtf r. r i4-j p- y Mv ; ll, , 'W&fm.Fm . 1 mollis l l,s 1 !! si IN ill Woiil.D is rri"i W I .i'lii 'TlliUlio., I " -Sa " . iyi . -t .