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Newspaper Page TexttWM4 ,. MEDOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TnTRSPAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1911. PAGE FOUR ', Medford Mail Tribune AM INnEI'RNnrKT NEWSPAPER rUBLI8HRD DAILY EXCEPT 8ATUR- DAY BY THK MKUtUKU 1MUNTINQ CO. Tho Democratic Times, Tm Medford Mall, Tho Medford Tribune, Tho 8outh ern OroKonlnn. The Aahland Tribune. HEOIinR PtTTNAM, Editor and Manager Entered an gecond-clnsB matter No vember 1, 1903, at tho postofflco at Medford. Orccon, under tho act of March 3, 1879. Official Paper of hc City of Medford SUBSOBIPTION BATES, Ona year, by mall. .15.00 Ono month by mail .: 6B Per month, tleliverca ny carrier in Medfsrd, Jacksonville and Cen- tral Point . $ Sunday only, by mall, per year.... 2.00 WnMcIv. ner vear . 1.60 WHAT'S THE USE? mil X.ea Wlra United Frs Dliptche. Tho Mall Tribune Is on sale at the Ferry News Stand, San Francisco. Portland Hotel News Stand. Portland. Bowman News Co., Portland, Or. W. O. Whitney, Seattle, Wash. Hotel Spokane News Stand, Spokane, SWORN CIHCULATIOW. Dally average for six months ending Dccombcr 31, 1910, 2721. MEDrOBD, ORE a ON. Metropolis of Southern Oregon am. Northern California, and tho fastest growing city In Oregon. Population U. 8. census 1910; 8840 estimated In November, 1010, 10.008. Klvo hundred thousand dollar Qravitj Water System completed, giving finest supply pure mountain water and six teen miles of street being paved and contracted for at a cost exceeding IV 000,000, making a total of twenty mile of pavement. Postofflco receipts for year enrtlnp November 30, 1910, show a gain of 61 per cent. Bank deposits were $2,376,532, a gain of 22 per cent. Banner fruit city In Oregon Rogue River Spltxenberg apples won sweep takes prize and title of "Apple Xing of tho World" at tho National Apple Show, Spokane, 1909, and a car of Newtowns won rirst Frtia In 1910 at Canadian International Apple Show Vancouver, B. C, Rogue River pears brought hlghos' firlccs in all markets of the world dur ng tho past six years. Wrlto Commercial club. Inclosing 6 conts for postage for the finest commu nity pamphlut over written MORE PAVING MID 1 H Many Petitions Arc Filed With City Recorder Robert W. Tclfer for Consideration Soon by the City Council. Tho following petitions for paving and sewers wero Filed with City o cordcr W. Tel Tor Tliiirndny merning: Paving. Dakota avenue, from Oakdale Hired to Newtown Htreet. South Newtown htreet, from Klov entli Htreet to Dakota avenue. '1 Kim street, from West Main street ito thu end of Klin htreet. ; Hewers. On Almond htreet, from Kast Mum Street to lot 15, liloek 'J, of the Wil Jeko addition to the eitv of Medford. tt UM SCREWS J! FOR 'MRS' President Colvl" of Commercial Cluh Trcatcns to Institute Leijal Pro I in v Jcccdlngs Against Delinquents In Crater Lake Highway Fund. ' At the. rcRtilyar meeting of the Commorelal club held In thu moms of thu association In tho Natatorlum building laut night, Judge W. M. Col vlg, tho club's preuldunt, spoke In nn optimistic manuor regarding tho out look for tho valley during tho romlug yenr. A great Influx of visitors, both from tho oast and thu mlddlo west, In predicted, and that tho majority of thuso will either locato lioro or loavo capital hero In tho form of Invost- inoutB wan tho holluf expressed. Tho fact that tho Medford club has In tho paHt ptactlcally taken tho lead in publicity work In tho Htato was deplored iih to i certain extent waste ful, hut the fact that this organization now has publicity work down to al jiiont a Bclenco, duo to Its expurlonctw In tljo past, was coneoded. Tho matter (p collecting delin quent subsurlntlniui o tho Crator Lake highway fund was taken up mid Judge C'olvlg announced that lo gal stops will bo instituted to cpl loot from those who show a deposi tion to "wolch." Chinese to Aid Countrymen. VICTORIA, H. ('.. IVh. 1(1. Chi natown today U arrunging for tho uolleotioii of a famine fund tho to tal to bo sent to the Red Cross soci ety for tho relief of llic famine striok ou people of Anhui A preliminary inciting hn been held by thu Chinese Denovolont luaoolation at whioh it wan dooided to call a mniu mooliiijf for tonight. ! THERE always Will be those who measure by the utili tarian yardstick every piece of spirited adventuring, What good will finding the north pole do us? they ex claim; where's the profit in the risk of a motor-boat trip to Havana? Why chance death by mounting the skies on an aeroplane? What gain in sailing out over the ocean in a dirigible? Where's the sense in "something lost be hind the Ranges?" What's the use in barkening to the call over .yonder m the trackless wilderness? What's the use, indeed! Some weeks ago a lone man held up a train a short mile from Robsart, New Mexico, herded all the passengers into the rear car, where he made them deposit their valuables in a heap, and, having herded them out, collected his booty and went his way unmolested. Not a man among the com pany ot some twenty passengers ottered protest! That's the use. Last year an unarmed man, taken unawares in a boat at the foot of his yacht club, was shot to death while a half dozen of his friends stood idly around within ten feet and fcarsomely watched the murderer complete his work. That's the use. A few Sundays ago a little chap fell into one of the shallow Central Park lakes and drowned within thirty feet of several men on the walk, any one of whom could easily have waded out to the rescue of the sinking lad. That's the use. Every Sunday in some of the cities' subway and ele vated suburban trains hoodlums insult women and chil dren and escape without broken heads! That's the use. This is the use that the spark of manhood may live and courage grow stronger than the cowardly self thought which has too many of us in subjugation. Periodically a wail goes up from the faint-hearted be cause of loss of life in mountaineering, in flying; because of accidents in football, of risks taken in wilderness travel or in ballooning'. Had these thin-blooded people their way, we should see a restraining fence erected on all mountains at timber line, and no game more hazardous than mumble-the-peg permitted at our schools. It would be a rare race of milksops, indeed, that we should have, did the "What's the use?" slogan dominate. Allah be praised for the valor that rises above thought of personal danger or pecuniary return; that gives us a Peary, a Oavez, a Even Tied in, a Stanley, a Custer. Unnecessary, unfruitful danger to life and limb is as undesirable as it is unprofitable, and should be, of course, and always is, finally, eliminated from all our games; but we must not too much curb the daring spirit; The human race needs that men must adventure and some be lost. Text of Good Roads Bill ,h. Tho following in the text of thr Good Roads bill passed by the leg islature providing for a stale high way commission and a stale highway engineer; A bill for an net creating a Htato highway board, providing for tho ap pointment of tho members thereof, prescribing their dutlcH, and provid ing for tho payment of tholr expenses while engaged In tho performance of ouch duties; creating tho offlco of state highway commissioner, pro viding for tho appointment of such jfflcor, prescribing his duties and fix ing his salary, prescribing the du ties of tho county courts In relation to the purposes of this act, providing for the appointment of a clerk for such highway commissioner and for the payment of his salary and mak ing nn appropriation for carrying out the purposes of this net, He It enacted by tho people of tho Htato of Oregen: Ho It enacted by the legislative as tjomhly of the state of Oregen: Section 1. There Is hereby created a state highway board and the offlco of state highway commissioner. Tho Unto highway board shall consist of three citizens of this stato, one of whom shall be a bona fide resident of that portion of tho stale which lies oast of the Cascade mountains, one a resident of southern Oregon south of the Willamette valley, and the third member of the board to bo se lected from a losldont of the remain ing portion of the state, who shall be appointed b. tho governor, and who shall serve without pay. Tho term of office of the members of this board shall he three years, but of those appointed, one shall bo appointed for ono oar, ono for two yoais and one for three years. Hitch member ol the boaid nball hold after the expir ation of his term of office until his HUccowkor shall have been appointed by the governor. Tho duties of the state highway board shall bo such as provided in this act and by other Ihwr of this state. Section" 2. Within SO days after tho members of tho stato highway board shall have biwn appointed the hoard shall appoint a stato highway which such rondvls to bo constructed under the gonoral advisory super vision of tho state highway commissioner. Section 1. Tho stato highway com missioner shall appoint, when so re quested by tho respective courts, sucl. suitable, persons as may bo needed in ongineeilng or construction super vision of any road or roads mention ed In section three (.1) of this act. Other things bolng equal, local men shall have tho proforonco of appoint ments. Tho salary of such np potntoos shall bo agreed upon in ad vance by tho county court and tho stato highway commissioner. Section C. When so requested by the county court, tho permanent en gineering locations nnd tho construc tion of county roads to bo constructed by tho expenditure of money secured by a county under tho authority granted by section ton (10), artlclo eleven (11) of tho constitution of this state, shall bo under tho super vision of an engineor. or road con structor appointed by tho stato high way commissioner. It shall ho the duty ot tho county remit to furnish the state highway commissioner with such detailed Information regarding tho chaructor of construction proba bly needed and such othor Informa tion as will nsslst him In selecting an engineer or road construction man for the particular road In question, It being understood that other things being equal the state highway com missioner shall give preference to lo cal men In making the appointment. Section t. It shall be the duty of the state highway commissioner to pass on all hills and contracts per taining to the construction of roads mentioned In sections three (8) and five (5) of this act. and to In a gen eral way co-operate with the several county courts with a view to making the best possible uso of all moue.xs expended. Prior to the letting of nn contract, plans and specifications should first be submitted to the state bridges, and shall ndvlsc such officers relative to tho construction, repair, altering or maintenance of the same; and shall furnish such other informa tion and advice as may be requested by persons interested In the construc tion and malntenanco of public high ways, and shall at all times lend his aid In encouraging and promoting highway Improvement throughout the state, lie shall co-operate with all highway officers and shall assist mnty authorities, and, when request ed by them, furnish them with plans and directions for improvement of the public highways nnd bridges. Section 8. Tho road supervisors, county courts and the county com missioners of nny county, and all oth er officers who now have or may hereafter have by law the enre and supervision of tho public Highways and bridges shall, from tlmo to time, upon the written request of the stato highway commissioner, furnish him with nil avnllablo Information in con nection with tho building and main tenance of tho public highways, cul verts nnd bridges In their respective localities. Section 9. The state highway com missioner shall keep an accurate and detailed nccount of nil moneys ex pended In the construction of nil ends which are constructed under 'lis general advisory supervision, dl octlon nnd control and shnll keep a "ecord of the number of miles so con ducted In each county, and when It vas constructed, the width of such -oad ns constructed and the cost per idle of construction. Section 10. The stato highway mard and the state highway commls doner shall make n Joint report to the governor on the first day of De cember of each year, which shall fully let .forth all that haB been done by hem during tho period covered by he report nnd all money expended 'y them or nny of them, or under .holr direction, all roads that have been constructed under direction of the commissioner and all roads In tho -onstructlou of which the state hns ontrlbuted anything, giving In each Instance the number of miles con structed In each county and tho cost icr mllo of construction. This report shall nlso Include such stntlstlcs nnd jther Information as to matters fall ing within the sco'pe of the duties of hese officers as Wy be considered tcccssary by them, and nlso such sug gestions respecting matters of leg islation as they may deem necessary Section 11. Tho stato highway 'ominlssioncr shall be furnished suit able offices at tho expense of tho state, which offices shall bo located In tho city of Sajem, Oregon, and mid commissioner. shall also bo fur nished by tho secretary of stato at tho expetiBo of tho stnto, nil stationery and supplies necessary for properly conducting his office. Section 12. Tho stato highway commissioner may appoint ono clerk, who shall net as his assistant and bo inbjert to his control nnd direction, uul who shall receive such salary ns amy 1)0 determined by tho hlghwny board hut not to exceed ono hundred ( J'uO) dollars per month, to bo paid monthly by tho state as othor salaries tro paid. Section 13. Tho state highway somnilssloner shall receive an annual salary of four thousand $(4000) dol lars per year, payable monthly by tho itato, and his actual necessary trav ollng expenses In tho discharge of his duties." The stnto hlghwny commis sioner shall, beforo entoring upon tho discharge of tho duties of his office, Bxecute an official undertaking with two or inqro sufficient sureties, or ho may gle a surety bond executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state, In such sum as tho stato highway board may re quire, uot loss than $10,000, which bond shall be conditioned upon tho faithful performance of his duties as said highway commissioner; said of ficial undertaking shnll he In such form and contain such provisions as tho wild highway hoard may require ind shall be approved by tho gov ernor and filod in the offlco of tho secretary of state. Section 1 I KucU of the members of the state highway board shall re ceive his necessary traveling expenses In tho discharge of his dutios. Section l." On or beforo tho tenth duy of each month tho state highway comnilhslon!' shall make a roport to the state highway board of what ho has douo during tho preceding calen dar mouth and of tho progress of all work which he mny have In charge. On the flit week day after the tenth highway commissioner, and ho Is day of each month the stato highway hereby directed to make such crlt- board shall meet with tho stao hlgh IcUm oi give such advlco as ho may way commissioner at his office or at deem appropriate. 'such other place ns they ma agree Section 7 The state highway mm-1 upon to cotifcldor such report and for mlsslouer shall compile statistics rob! tho transaction of such other busl- commissioner, who shall bo'thorough- 'atlvo to the public highways through-1 ntw as may be necessary, ly skilled In scientific road construe- jt tho htate. and shall collect all lu- Section lt. At the end of every ton. who shall hold his offlco luttttf- Jforiimtlon In regard thereto which he month the state highway commlsslon lultoly at tho pleasure of tho high- ' doom Importxut. Ho hhMll in-, or khall prepare a detailed acocunt of way board, and bhall discharge such 'i ''" nd determine upon various his traveling expenses, with vouchors dut Ion as required by this act slid by J methods of road construction adapt- for that month, which shall bo sub other laws of this stato. od to dlfforont sections of the stato, milted to the state highway board Suction 3. All loads, any part of,'d as to tho host method of con-'wlih his report, as provided In soc the cost of construction of which Is stmctlug and imiliitenaum of rowds, tiou 15 of this act. Tho state high paid for by the state, or In the con- cnl.orts and bridges, and such othr way board shnll satisfy lUolf that the struotloii of which any crushed rock, , Information relative thereto ns ho acocunt Is correct and shall so on- gravel or othor material furnished hull deem appropriate, lie may bo dorse the suuie nnd prosonl such ac- THE ETERNAL LAW OF RIGHT CROWNS WITH SAFETY AND SUCCESS ALL WHO FOLLOW ITS GOLDEN RULE ;.; ..w. t dfl f .'0 MQ) ' Th e First National Bank OF MEDFORD BELIEVES THIS TO BE A GOOD RULE FOR BANKS AS WELL AS IN DIVIDUALS. FOR IT MEANS: r5rP.SU Integrity, Reliability, Veracity, Strength, Safety AND WHEN TO THESE YOU ADD $1,000,000 IN RESOURCES YOU HXVE FOUND A SAFE BANK TO TRUST YOUR MONEY AND YOUR BUSINESS WITH. 111' ! MOV 1: I fillU'H ' : -i TO BE SUCH AN INSTITUTION IS THE AMBITION AND AIM OF ,' The First National Bank OF MEDFORD TRY US M. L. ALFORD, Cashier ORIS CRAWFORD, Asst. Cashier WM. S. CROWELL, President if found correct nnd nuthorized by law, ho shall allow tho snmo and draw a warrant in pnyment thereof. Section 17. At tho mooting provid ed tor in section 15 of this act each member of tho stato highway board shall render n detailed nccount of tho expenses necessarily incurred by him during that month In tho dlschargo of Ills duties to tho bonrd nnd shall certify to samo; If found correct tho board shall so ondorso nnd, upon tho presentation of such certified state ment, with vouchers, the secretary of stnto shall examine nnd audit the mime, and, If found correct and nu thorized by lnw, ho shall audit tho samo nnd draw wnrrnnts In payment thereof. Section IS. There Is hereby appro priated out of any money In tho treasury of this state not nlrendy oth orwlso impropriated tho sum of flf teon thousand dollars, or ns much thereof ns mny bo necessary, for tho payment of salaries and expenses ns provided for in this net. Students' Prank Serious. HKKKELKY. Cal Feb. 10. The police nre endeavoring to ascertain the names of youths sid to be stu dents of tlto Herkeley high s-chool, who last night exploded a small "bomb" in tho Vnvsitv moving pic ture theatre here while 200 persons were in tho place. Xo damage w.is done. IMLKS Cl'HEI) IN TO II DAYS. PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to euro any enso of Itching, blind, bleeding or protruding plies (n 6 to d..ys or money refunded. 50c. .MrXKAMiV Al CO. TYPE B Y liHU West .Main Street PRICF A by, or under th auporvlslon of lh niultod at all reasonably Union by stato Is liHitd. ahnll ho coiiBtruotod by tho upuniy court uf the ooiiuty In the county officers having enre nnd mithorlty nvr highway, eMlvur and oouul wtth that endorsement to the gMrotnry of stnto, who shnll careful ly examine nnd audit the ing, and ffr MEDFORD CONSERVATORY FOR MUSIC AND LANGUAGES ' NAT. BUILDING ALL BRANCHES OF MUSIC. FULL FACULTY. G. TAILLANDIER, DIRECTOR. Evory ptu-son in Modf'ord and vicinity will enjoy hearing Rev. Wm. Parsons, D. D. of tho Third Presbyterian C'hureh of PortlanilTiu his instructive and humorous lecture "The Making of the Constitution" operath?use Tuesday Feb. 21, 8 p. in. AUSPICES PRESBYTERIAN "MEN'S CLUB." R10V. PAlxSOXS is a noted Chautauqua lecturer and this is a masterpiece. Reserved seat sale Monday at 10 a. m. at Haskins' drug store. Tickets exchanged for reserved seats. "?