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t r i SECOND SECTION Medford Mail Tribune SOCIETY IfOKTY-liTItS'l! Y ISA It. iMIODFOR!) OKI'XION, ,Sl NDAV, JH-Y 2, 1011. No. 87. -J- Medford Spending a Million Dollars in Erecting New Buildings BANKS SHOW 14 PER CENT GAIN IN YEAR Ovrr Two Million Dollars Is on De posit in Local Financial Institutions-Gain Has Drcn Steady anil Consistent, GAIN IN YEAR HAS BEEN OVER A QUARTER MILLION All of the Danklnu Houses Are in Excellent Condition as is Shown by Their Statements. Tim bank dopotdtn III ll '' ' Mcdfiud nt tli end of Hi" prHMU (IhoiiI year show ii Klii f fourteen per it'til over tli wiiiiii date one iuir nun. Tint Inrnwiht' wan $200, 0li8 or over n iiiarttr (if u mlllloii At prwlniil there l on deposit In local banks $2,i24.r,r,r, oit. Tim depimllfi III tln local linnkn hioo shown ii uti'inly Increase for the pul fio year i idiown by the' following riKiirvHU i ninr. A....! COIUOS 00 Jiiim in on June Itin? Juno 1U08 Jtm 1101 J mm I U 1 0 . ........ . Jnim l!MI.. ....... Ah tlm clearing limine ww Institut ed UiU year no flgurm (or compar ison there, urn available. All of the bunks show by their statement Hint they arc In splendid financial condition nml reflect In a great degree tlm In iniiti'rlul iiiUnii (.incut of .MiMlfonl. SPOKANE'S NEW WAY IS A GREAT SUCCESS SI'OkWNK, Wni.li., July 1. Tliiw iiiontliH trial of lli' cninuiwMou from f government in SMilun luih con vinced iiiiiiiy, Including Hi' m'VimcM eiitieH of lint plan, Hint Hi' affair of tin' iniinirlpiillly today are con ducted with greater cliicicncy, ccon omy ami dispatch than under any inliaiiilHtralion, since, the iiwtnrponi lion of tlm oil in 1HH1- M'' wanton have liffii Mopped, nuinorou nbiiHoH liavu huon imii loyttMl ami modern methods mu now iiiplocd in nil tho department-. Tlm Imihi iiohh of tlm Uy l conducted in tlm Himm inaiiiicr that a micci'shI'iiI mer cliniit or miiniifuctiiror npeiutcK Ins ntnto or factory plant. Uoboit Fair Icy, coininiHHionur of finuni'i', mud to day Unit, while tluui' in nothing cer tain yet iclativa to a reduction in taxes," ho U propaied to hJiovv that tlm tiixpayiTH have i cached 100 ccnth' worth of work for evdty dol lar expended hy thu conuniHHion CoinmiHKionur Fulrloy hits 'received leiliieHlri fioin mora than 100 cities in varioiiH parts of the country for copies oCtlm Hpiiami chaiter, which is declined ho thu iiiokI advanced piactical plan In Ameiica. BOY TO RIDE 400 MILES ON A UNICYCLE - n i ' --i a. -w. v i i m wr , i a.-..----------. . V tt0 Ji "ji j""m " - 9 , w"v'" i . m1- -JIIII SIIIIH IM HIIIIBK IB jibHiiiK. i.H fc H 1K?to... -- -. C. 1,')RSHsOHiK?.,WpI i S '3ftL-N.-''Ka B "."-& 5 ."JrSHbbbbbbbbbBI hR BYAbV HbI U1bbbHIWbP? mzj: - - -v..,--" kfc. siBpMir&jai"( r -i X linpAi drotaj RECEIPTS FOR EAR N R AS Forty-one Per Cent Gain Is Shown by Statement Covering the Fiscal Year Just Ending and the One End ing June 30 a Year Ago. JUNE, 1911, GAINED 20 PER CENT OVER JUNE, '10 72fl.ti71.O0 I.Oh-l.034.00 l,2fi4MhlUin 1,2(11.431.00 i.sca.r.cs.oo 2. I24.fi fiMU RPOKANB, Wniilt., July 1. To win a wagur of $'J00 flonriio WoodHlock, a high Hehool Inly, IntoinlK to leave Spokanu for Seattle rooii on a uui eycle, a olio wheeled contrivance, which he iiuihI ridu lite entire dirt tauco to win. Woodstock tniiHt negotiate tlm -100 inilii journey in 40 days. Naval Station Opened. OHICAUO, Hi., July l.TIm lilix naval Htation owned hy thu United States novernmeul ojiened today at Not Hi Chicago. Hoamen and officorH front I'uget Sound and Mara IhIiuhI mu Hlntioned at llio holmol, Thu ded ication of tlm Htation will take place in September, hou rreHiilonl Tail, Seurotary of tlm Navy Meyer and other oi'l'iu'mla will attend. T-?niw vi ttmleft Queen Anne itulillo hl-UooI; nt tlm rlKlit. the Crntor huKo giimfie. Second row At the loft, Medford hotel; at the right, J25.000 Mall Tribune bulldlne. Third row- At tho left, Sparta building; at the right, A. A. Davis building. Fourth ros At the left. Medford Furniture & Hardware Company' building; tit the right. Jackson public. MCllOUl. . , - -------------------- . Substantial Business Blocks Going' Op as If by tragic in the Wonder City In addition to unending cltwo to a million dolliim for paving and other public liupioveinentfl Medford will Bpuml no Icbh than $1,000,000 tu biiHlncHti bloekH and idbIiIohivh dur ing tlm picHent bu'lillnjc hchhoh. Jan uary 1, 1U12, will find nearly 20 now i.iiuln.iuij 1.1 noli u nrw.tiiil. wlilll! tllU number of nw hoiJieH can only be oHtlmated. No lca than 7T, building. for rosldonco purpoHOH are now lu course of election. In every ill roc tlon Htteetn are paitlally bloekcd, by huge piles of building materials. I.uinbor and brick dealers have esti mated that this yoar'H record will exceed that of l'.HO by per cent. Hotel Medford Is Tinier Way, TIiIh HeaKon wIH.hoo among the now buildings erected a modern five Htoiy hotel, which Ih to be the peer or any hotel outflldo of Portland In the Btato. It will contain 100 rooms, fitted In the moat modern style. The hotel, which will ,bo known as the "Medford," canto as the result of a tliioo year agitation for a commo dious now hotel. Local business mon, headed by Dr. M, llarton Plckcl, member of the utnto board ol health, subscribed to the building fund. The hotel will bo opened about Septem ber 1. Store's Home (o Cost $100,000. Another or the huge building blocks being elected this year Is to bo the homo of tho Medford Furni ture & Uaidwate Company and will cost $100,000. This building will bo four stories In height, of concieto and bo the largest Btoio bulldlngof Its kind In southern Oregon. It will bo ready for occupancy In the fall. Finishers are now at work. Hospital Will Hae 100 Hooiuh, The Slbtors of Providence ato electing a modern hospital lu this city to bo called the "Saciod Heart Hospital" which will icquiro 1,000, 000 Illicit and UO carloads of lunibor. Tho contract price for Its-oroctlon was $120,000. It will contain 100 rooms and will ho flvo stories In height, lluslness men of Modford raised $10,000 by popular subscrip tion, pin chased a lot and tonderod It to tlm slsteis as a bonus, It Is to bo completed by January 1. Up to date In every respect, It will be a splondld addition to tho city. In order to accommodate tho great growth In numbeis of school chil dren, tho school board recently let n contract tor two new schoolhouses, one on tho west and tho othor on the east side or tho clt. Knelt of these buildings will cost $10,000 and will be ready fo roccupaney by the flrsj or tho coming school year. hnnlc Will Hae $50,000 Home. Tho Flist National bank, tho first Institution of Its kind horo to pass the million dollar mark with Its state ntont, having outgiown its old quar ters, has had Its old building erected some years ago loin down nnd has let a contract for a new building which will have a solid stone front and will cost $00,000. As this Institution stands lu the heart of the city tho building will bo a great addition. It will bo well finished lasldo tho ntitr blo to bo, usod costing over $10,000. Ono or tiio most handsome build ings erected In the city Is the Sparfu block,, which Is Just te.idy. for occup ancy. It cost $30,000 and Is built of wlilto piessed brick It Btauds out nt the east end of Main sheet, ow ing to a Jog lit tho property line, and has created much comment ow ing to its rich appearance. Mall Tribune lllock. Tho Mail Trlbuno block has been completed and Is a handsome two story building ot reinforced concroto with n white plaster finish. It Is the finest newspaper office In any of the hiitaller cities of the northwest. The building cost $25,000. No.t to It a threo story apartment houso Is being eiocted, at an estimated cost of $40, 000. i A local Masonic building associa tion has been formed and local Mas ons will soon break giouud for tho erection of n three story Masonic Temple, which Is to cost $Ji0,000. Tho 1)avla building at tho cornor or Central avenuo nnd Sixth stieots lis a handsome building of white brick. It Is two stories In holghi and cost $40,000. Many Other llusluess lllocks. Many othor business blocks are bo. lug erected, Including the following: Uiibtuesa collego, $25,000; garngo, $12,000; Slewing, $15,000; Schor morhorn, $15,000; Smith apnrtmeut houtto $10,000. lu addition to these. tho government has appropriated $110,000 with which to erect a fed eral building in the city. Aside from theso buildings tho res Ideuces lit course of erection range front tho $2500 bungalow to tho mansion. CHICAGO SAID TO HAVE A TYPHOID INCUBATOR CHICAGO, 111., July 1. In Rose Hoersmn, 20, who canto heto from Russia, tin co jenrs, Chicago today lias a "Typhoid l(os.io" who is declared to bo every bit as deadly as the "Typhoid Mary" whom the New Yoik authorities lmo been forced to iptnrnutino on tin island to pveent her spreading tho disease Health Officor Koehlor today de clared 'Typhoid Hosio ' ts responsi I bio for an outbreak o tho disease in I Knglowood nnd that for tho threo I years sho has been in this country I blio has been a walking incubator for I typhoid genus. AlMidugh tho girl's town health is good, vuath and siek- ! nesfy it is declined, lmo visited overy , homo m which situ has been cm ! ployed. Another Clerk is Added to Take Care of Night Business Postal Bank Finds Favor. The fiscal year just ending had been a splendid one in nil lines of material advancement in the city but in no way are the stride- made hy the city better reflected than by the postal receipts for the past year which show an increase of 41 per cent over tho fiscal year ending twelve months ago. For the year closing Friday night the receipt totaled $32,040.98 while one year ago for the year they totaled $23,283.50 the increases being $9,303.38 or 41 per cent. The receipts during June this year were $2,505.54 wbjlo ono year ago during the same month they wero $2,017.11. The increase was $488.43 or nearly 20 per cent. For the past five years the re ceipts of the local postoffico have never failed to show an iucreaso each mouth. The postal saving bank was instituted Juno 12 of this year al ready has deposits totaling $2070, the largest amount taken in by nny postal savings bank in the state in a like time. Over forty depositors are now enrolled. Another' clerk has been added to the force of the local office and here after mnil will bo received at the postoffico until 10 o'clock at night for dispatch to the north on the Shasta limited which pnsses through at 2:30 a. in. This will be of a mater ial advuntnge to the city. TAKES A SLAP AI BERKELEY'S BEAUTY BERKLEY. Cal., July 1. J. Stltt Wilson, socialist, elected mayor of Berkeley, after Theodoro Roosevelt, during his recent trip to thecost, urged the necessity ot re-locetlng BeveIy Hodgehead, today took of fice and in his Inaugural took a slap at Berkeley prido. The city, he re marked, Is culled beautiful Berke ley." "As a matter of fact," said tho new mayor, "Berkeley has nothing to boast of in tho way of civic beauty. It has no boulovards, no parks, no ar tistically laid out centers or greens." Wilson announced that the new administration would at onco under take a municipal ownership campaign beginning with the acquirement ot a pater plant. KING GEORGE ISSUES A MESSAGE OF THANKS LONDON, July 1. King George has issued n message; of thanks to his subjects throughout the empire for tho loyalty expressed during tho coronation festhitios. Ho deularw their acts encourage him to go for wurd with renewed hope and whatevor perplexities may riso, ho and his poo plo will fnco them for tho common good. BLACK HANdTlETTCR IS SEMT TO BURHHAM --3-UJ ? CHICAGO, 111., July 1. Assistant Stato's attorney Burnham, who is proseoutiug Evelyn, Arthur Seo, the "rovenlor of absolute lifo," today ro coived n "black hand" letter inform ing him that ho would he killed with a bomb which would explode in tho court room. The police hvo been notified mid Uurnham is guarded. ! vl v0 7
