X ja B ! SECOND SECTION Medford Mail Tribune SECOND SECTION FOHTY-irillST YEA It. MEDtfOHD Q1WCJON, SATL'UDAY, KKI'TIOAIBISU 9, 1011. No. 146. ASHLAND TO WORK FOR GOOD ROADS BOND I AT ROUSINR EG MEETING HELD BY L COMMERCIAL Speeches Made by Medford Delegation as Well as Ashland's Leading Cit izens Necessity for Hard Work Throughout County Apparent lu- noranco of Conditions Causes Opposition Rather Than Enmity to Movement Mlnsundcrstandlnijs (Just Be Removed and Systematic Campaign of Education Waged During Remaining Three Weeks, Tim pitMHuttu or defeat of I hi' good load bond Ikniic, is ii matter of edti enlion. Place tin- proposition in tho center of tln Muge, turn the spot light on il, hIiow up every rcecHM, corner utitl angle, wlo out nil hhudowH, niul tlto bond will pilHH. . Full in thix, niul Ihu Inhiiu will n ot receive n ninjority. l.llKt lliglll'rt IIHHttlllg demonstrated tliut tint people of AmIiIiiihI want light on tliu Miilijuut. They will welcome it, Nothing hostile U in their nttitudo--hut they nr afraid of a leap in Ihu ilnrJr. Anil thi'ir iittltudii U typical of tlm attitmlit of the people, of the eoiiuty. ' There ara a few of iiurxo who prate "Medford iivciIh Ihu money," lint the-e am few. Tim profcHrfionnl man, Ihu IiuhIiu'hh tnati, realixe the benefit which wilt nceyiu to tho county an a whole. Hut will the money lie Hiifo-guuidedf At a meeting of the Ahhlnnd coin tnercial cltih Friday evening the ltonil irftoie, wan cndorHcd. There wan noth ing lacking in the cmlornemeiit. It panned with a hurrah. It wax unnn iinoiiM, lint ii wan only pnHHeil after a free-for-all dim-uKs'ion lad ing over threu hour had taken place. ThjJmll, wuh crowded. It uim a nplcndid Hireling. Tho two Hill Colvig nml (lore had united at length, anil effectively; F.d Andrew who "iij no nntW n noho IlrntiiM I" had Net forth lit facts, convincing oiick, too; (leorgo I)vw had explained how the money wan to bo snfc-guiir-ded; then came a luncheon, after which Ihu cluh went on record, with out n ditoautling vote, endorhiug the piiHNnpi of the liondM, Nnv, more, a committee will he named today hy the president of the cluh, to work in conjunction with the local committee in threading llm gospel of good rondrt. Miit ContliHH' Work. Hut the work in Ashland mini lie continued. The cluh reprcKonls the town hut many a voter ih not a mem her. Although the hall wan crowded, all of the member were not prcucat. Those who were, are working today hut they need help. Ho do the Med fordilerf favoring the issue. Kach and all must wmk and work hard for .InckMin county must miiku good. Mail every voter in Jackson coun ty been present nt the rousing good roads meeting held Friday evening at AhIiIiuiiI it in a wife bet that less than one per cent of Ihem would vote against the propoAd bond issue. That one per ociit&Jjnld bnvo been thorio on tho outer pW of tho orowd where they couldiTMir the speak erx. For a ronUrMjnortin ou thushiMtio mymkft, i'fRi has he"u Heldoin HC0njJin PoTjtbe'rnV Oregon. Medford, Central 'lV)t and Ashland speakers warmed llieir subject, One Hpenkor wlir Vttled tliat lie iiiimu to oppose Ih ensure, remain ed to boost' and lotc'to work for it, Fiuitlonnl discord waH ollminateil.' A doyen ini'otlngH liko Hint of Friday night mid thu bond Ihhiio Is passed. MimtevJi All. Hut there Ih work yet ' to do in Afdilnnd to Hny nothing of tho rest of tho county. Probably a hundred voters were present hiHt night but but this is oply a tenth of tho num her in Af)hland. Tho others imiHt bo reached, It didn't look good when tho Med ford bunch fii'Ht veaehed AhIiIiuhI for men on tiio HlroolR Heiuued all agaiuH(the proposition, but later at the mooting, the Houtimcut ehaiigcd. Now, don't galhor from thiH that tho Medford bunch wuh roHponHiblo en tirely, a number of Aflhlnml boosters were for tho proposition and for it Mrongtho ohnngo omno when fnultf and figures wero presented. Facts and figures .that's, what tho people of AhIiIuikI want. And by the way t'uotH and figures are what tho peoplo of Medford and tho oilier parlH of JaekHou county want also, Hill Colvltf William M. CoIvJk. I the wny the cenHiiH man writes it fired tlm firnt gnu. The Hoguci lliver valley pioneer made one of thu best HpeecheM in bin long career. He dealt faclM with a mailed finl. Kvery ar gument wan clinched. He npoko of llm beuefitH to accrue and told of the plnun of thu county ciurt. He wuh given great attention, and wan fre quently applauded. AmlrvitN I In I'iuI. Kd Andrews followed. Now Kd i not much of an orator, but ho ha hi heart net on Hie pannage of these good roads bonds. Simply, directly, convincingly, ho npoke, and there wan much meat in his remarks. Brief ly he showed where Jackson county's present road tax would pay thu inter est on a bond issue of $ l.fiUO.OOO and provide a sinking fund which would retire the bonds in twenty years. Thin argument did morn than any other to win friends for tho proposition. Itenlon Bowers, one of thu newly appointed commissioner, mudo a helling address. Ho lias bad much ex perience in road building anil hot ic murks wens of great interest. He paid considerable attention to the safe-guarding of the money, and promised he would devote bis nor- gies to receiving 100 cents worth of work for every dollar expended. George Davis, county commission er, followed, telling of tho present difficulties of thu county court n trying to build roads without suffi cient funds. He also sketched the intentions of the county court in re gard to (ho handling of thu road fund. I.. I), liriggs was the ouo who came to oppose tho bond issue. He stated he was afraid of the moncv being wasted, leaving tho county In debt, with no mads. Ho auouueod, however that ho many good argu ments weru brought out in favor of 1 the issue, and the innttev was so thoroughly explained, that h had changed his mind' iud would support tho issue. He was watinly applaud ed. floro n Surjwlw'. V. H. Ooi-u sprmu; the H.upiise of tho. evening by lift '(rii.it ouo of the most telling addroiHos of the meet ing. An orator of no mean merit he had his facts well in hand and pro ceeded to hammer them home. He was warmly applauded and later con gratulated on bis remarks. A number of other short talks fol lowed, a luncheon following. During the evening tho ladies of the Ashlnnd Improvement League ap peared and took a deep intou'st in tho good nmdH dismission. Thoy fol lowed every argument and aro evi dently all in favor of good roads and tho bond issuo. Tho mooting at Ashland proi:d but ouo thing that education is al' tho voters of Jackson county need to puss (he bond issuo September DO, Other meetings aro to bo arangod at once for other Boctions of thu county. Kd AndrowH who is in ac tive charge of tho uampaigu is prov ing at) udmirahlo general, If the bonds don't carry it won't bo hiH fault. Those, who went to Ashland Fti day evening from Medford wore Messrs. Osenbrugge, Wilson, Cum tilings, Colvig, Davis, Waterman, Harmon, Morriok, Whifdor, Hoosen baum, Keutuer, Ouruett, Law-ton, Cutllbort, Wostorliihd' Nyo, Androws, Hay, Morris, Graham, Wold, Carter, l'erry, floro, Andrews and llix, Homo prosnorlty dopenda npci homo Ittdiiatry, and stnto-wldonros-porlty will bo gronter If factorJoB nolllug "Mado In Orogon" goods are patronized b ytku local niorofcuntH RECIPROCITY CHINS ALL OVER CANADA, BUI OPPOSITION HOPEFUL. 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W3MIN Hecipmeily appears to be gaining in Canada. The danger points, to the government annor are due to other policies' particularly tho Canadian nay. which has aa large part of anti-imperial Quebnc by the enra. On the reciprocity Usue in Ontario and in tho maritime proinces in the Canadian west, upon ns good information as can be gathered thcer, everything indicutUat the govcrnnient will hold iU own or..eTn 1m? prou it imihjIioi). D-xpitc nil this, however, it may be shid that 1. j. Borden, the conservative ender,hns. been speaking fn tho Kuglisli counties against reciprocity with what he consider.-, excellent effect. He U greatly im proved as a platform orator. Mr. I 1. Pelletier, formerly conservative Attorney General of the province, is contesting Quebec county. The foes of reciprocity, under Hmhard Mcllride, are fighting the Liiurior government vigorously in Brifuh Columbia. MUTT AND JEFF ON THE WAY BACK FROM VACATION Mail Tribune Favorites Have Been Havlnn a High Old Time on the Beach. From expressions of disappoint ment to ruquesta, ticn demands, for. tho return ot Mutt and Jeff, tho Malt Tribune Is being bcBlcgod by oltl nml voting pcANlmlstu and thoso who board at homo, fat men and men who think wo aro having a delightful Hummer, men who borrow tho paper and those who atcal It from high and low, rich and poor, como tho - ccttBiuit, querulous muttorlngs. They all want Mutt and Jeff to como back. And thoy'ro coming. Mutt and Jeff htivo been sojourning at tho bench. It was there that Jeff found a young, alluring lady friend. Ho usked nor to tnko a promenade on the board walk. Jeff Intentionally look hor pnot a pea nut Btnttil whoro Mutt, to pay ex penses, was aiding a sou of Athens to peddle his wnres. Tho Insult cnusod Mutt to hit Joff with a peanut and T Some Exciting Experiences Enjoyed by Bud Fisher's Heroes During Lay-off. ho has been In tho hospital for sov oral days. Prior to that '.Imp tlto happy pair wero camping In tho mountains. There Mutt shot and htulty wounded a door. It was dark and Mutt decided to carry tho animal to camp. Ho thought It was dead. So ho hung it up In a tret to keop It wny from marauding' ani mals overnight. The noxt morning he went out to view his game. It was gone. A brief noto explained It all. Mutt had shot Jeff and Jeff, becoming! peevish at tho unwarranted insult, had gono away t.0 ponder over tho weakness of mankind and other kin dred subjects, $' . Hut thoy'ro coming back. Word has been received that they aro on tho way. Uud Fisher, who has them In charge, Is already sharpening his pon cll and Jotting llttlo Ideas down In his noto book. Ho is coming back and ho is bringing Mutt and Joff. A llttlo patient, n llttlo forbear ance and they ft'ill be hero. Yea, vorlly, thoy'ro coming back. IE CHARMED BY GRATER'S WONDERS "I wouldn't think of trying to de serlbo Crater Lake," said 11. M. Moo, of Gray & Moo's store, who recently returned from nu automobile trip to tho lake. "It is entirely too big; too much beyond words. All 1 can talk about is tho pleasure of such a trip and of tho fun of fishing in tho great est Monio lake in tho world." Mr. Moo was accompanied by the Cortes brothers from Cincinnati. They mado the return trip by way of Fort Klamath and Klamath Kails and considered that feature of tho jour ney among the most pleasurable. At tho lake tho raiubrow trout wero bit ing liungetly uud in a blunt time Mr. Moo caught jtiuo. "Anyone who bus not tundo tho trip to Crator Lake Iiiih a wonderful oxpotioneo before Itinv" continued tho Medford morehant. "There is noth ing that I have ever hooii that ovou approaches it in awo inspiring grand I cur," MERGE LUMBER MILLS ALONG TIDEWATER l'OKTLAND. Ore., Sept. I). With a view of bringing about a merger of Oregon litmboimcn whooporato tide water mills, similar to tlto bip; eo-op-orative company which has just been organized nt Aberdeen, Wit., Honry J. Peireo of Sinikatto is in l'oillomi today conferral!; with looaLniillmon. A meeting to consider the piopos al to consolidate willbo called early next week. It Pierce succeeds in, orgatuKing tho uiillmeii, ait aggressive, campaign to cauturo eastern innrkots will bo made, following tlto opening of th Panama canal. Support tho mnaufneturors of your homo city first, lust and all tho ttmo, and you will help yoursolf to prosper ity. Hut If your local fnotorlos can not supply your wants, Insist that the morehant carries "Mado In Orogon" goods from othor Oregon sources to supply your needs, EOR A YELLOW DOG IE BE WEARS LABEL WALLACE. Idaho, Sept; JW'Yes i have been quoted eoreetly. I shall bo for the republican nominee for president in 1012, vlitthejj,bo is an insurgent or a stnndputtor," said Senator lleyburn today. m Iioyhurn who h well known for his stattdpat policies intends to nttend the meeting of tepublicnus at Boise, September 25. Heyhurn does not heliovo that tho nativities of tho progressives will cause n split in tho party -when tlto presidential campaign ' begins in earnest. All proporty values depend upon tho prosperity of tho community. If our manufacturers aro prospering, and tho merchant llkowlso, tho (arm or will prosper, too, The persistent domand for goods "Made In Oregon" will help bring, gronter prosperity to the peoplo of Oregon, (Hy F. W. Oaines.) Salem, Ore., Sept. 7' 1911, Editor of Mail Tribune: I see by the pre.HK this morning an article headed "Hate Fight Is Opposed Judge CoWig Inqiwt.s Medford Folk Are on the Wrong Track." The judge is reported as saying: "This is the most idiotic thing I ever heard of. You are making Medford and the commercial club the laugh ing stock of Oregon. You men do not look nt the thing in a reasonable light, but because 3-011 are bucking a eorjiorntion vote blindly. Yon will never get a railroad rate from the people that a railroad can live on." Judge Colvig used to be attorney for the S. P. road and doubtless is yet. Whether be is or not ho is cer tainly using his influence for the continuance of exhoribtant rates for railway service in Oregon, including rates paid by the people of Medford. If he is yet a railroad attarney this is in part what he is paid for, to keep Ithcj people of southern Oregon in muiery iu 1119 employer. Law Protest IUUrtwd. Under the present decisions of our courts (including the supreme court of the U. S.) we have a right to reg ulate our railway lines but in making rates, biich rates must be made only ns will at least permits the roads to collect tolls or rates as will give them a reasonable interest or divi dend return ou the value of their property over and above operating expen:es and taxes. The constitu tion of Oregon and the nation both give the roads this protection uud our courts, state and national, ara enforcing the urovisions of our con stitutions. This being the case, it is impossible to make and enforce u rate or schedule of rates not fair to rail road companies. Judge Colvig cer tainly knows this to be tho law of the land and in fairness he ought to concede it. With these remarks lets go into the facts surrounding tho rates charged by the S. P. line for service in Oregon. Many extenuating cir cumstances should be considered iu discussing this case, among which! are given millions of acres of lane with the provisions among othe: things that this land was to be re turned to tho people nt not exceed ing $2.50 per acre, and not to ex ceed 100 acres to each purchaser ant that all grauted lands situated in Or egon was to apply on the constructor of thnt part of the road in Oregon. Violations of Agreement. These provisions have been shame fully ignored and not complied with at all and and the road today is in sisting on using this laud as a fret gift to the corporation and treating it a dividend without evor oven per mitting it to apply on the construc tion of tho property. They hnvt mortgaged tho land for money, a part of which at least has been used to wards construction of tho lino but tho interest op this borrowed monoj has been treated as an expenso t( tho operating company and paid bj the patrons of the road. Hero wo have a peoplo who have gavo what is now claimed to bo worth $70,000'000 to a corporation toward? establishing n modern highway and tho people who gavo this land aro in tho harness paying interest, substan tially, on their contribution. This ir not all. The road is covered by the mortgage as woll as tho land and should tho land bo disposed of 'and tho procoeds divided among the stockholders, interest on tho bonds will bo continued against tho patrons just tho same. Sale or disposition of tho land will not in flny wny ro liovo the patrons of tlto road but all will inure to the benefit of the cor poration. Tho interest on tho bonds will bo eoutinuod just tho samo and tho patrons will be required to furn ish funds to pay it. Not oonoeeding that these terrible abuses are right but weaving them in the present ar gument wemay now take up consid eration of tUfe present rates for serv ice on this Jine in Oregon. Karalng of Railroad. In order not to tire the readers in discussing this question wo will deal to some extent in round numbers. W will give this line in Oregon the very liberal valuation of $50,000 per mile or a total value of $33,308,600. Bonded for $11,006,000 Stockholders interest .. 22,202,500 Collections for service in Oregon in 1910 8,659,9 15 The amount necessary to permit this company to collect to pay the oper ating expenses, in- , terest on bonds, taxes, . " state and national, and 6 per cent interest to the stockholders is be 0,104,643 Excess collected over this , , amount ' 1,895,302 This shows that ot every dollar I collected by this company for serv ice in 1910 neay 22, per et it unearned and wrong. When we ub- dertafcc to provide' reasonable ra(M on this lino in order to pay (he amount suggested above we find that 8.50c per 100 pounds is the proper price for the nverago length haul of 150 miles. (In figuring rates the av erage price for tho average length haul must be used as a base.) When we turn to present rates oat of Med ford we find these rates 322 per cent of this reasonable rata for the same length haul or 3.22 times as much, as is reasonable; or 222 per cent more than is reasonable. This shows to what extent Medford and all stations served under' tho distance tariff on this line is being overcharged. Paying Exccsslvo Itatee. It may be argued by some" that some of tho rates for service are un reasonably low; that rutes from San Francisco to Portland are unreason ably low on account of water com pcttion. This we will concede. But we find n rate of 8.50 for average length haul to bo reasonable. Fur ther we find tho present averngo rate out of Portland for this length haul to be 19.7Co per 100 or 232 per cent if as much as is reasonable Still further, we find alt other stations in cluding Medford, paying an average of 27.37o per 100 for this haul or as 322 per cent as much as is reason able as has been said. Fifteen Per Cent 'et Profit. Conceding it our duty to permit this line to collect enough to pay ita expense of operation, its interest on bonds, taxes and 0 per cent to stock holders, wo must find some wuy of measuring rates. People who make u business of figuring rates have a method of telling just what propor tion of interest each rato or schedule of ratea from each station pays. (I will not explain this method hero.) Having used this method wo find tho present rates in force for all somoe paying quite 15 por cent net to tho stockholders a year. While tho rates for sorvico out of Portland to other points in tlto stato pay thoir avorago proportion of 45.00 per cent ft year to stockholders and out of Medford and all stations berved undor distanco tariff pay their average proportion of 08.70 por cent a year to stock holders. Sugar as un Example. Tho hiHt timo tho writer learned tho rato 011 sugar, Sun Francisco to Medford, it was 03 cents, por 100. This rato, if tho same now, in paying its proportion of 84 por cent a year to stockholders. While tho rate on sugar out of Medford i'or the aver-,, ago length haul is now paying its pro portion of over 132 per cent & year to samo iittorest. This shows bow X nm (Contlnuia m 9f )