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Medford Mail Tribune
SOCIETY
IfOKTY-liTItS'l! Y ISA It.
iMIODFOR!) OKI'XION, ,Sl NDAV, JH-Y 2, 1011.
No. 87.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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