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Medfoird Is a City of Fine and Up-to-Date Scliools and Churches
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MILLIONS' SPENT -FOR
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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.
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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.
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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
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JACKSON COUNTY TIMBER
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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
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(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.
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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'
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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
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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
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' 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 "
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