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MEDtfOHD Q1WCJON, SATL'UDAY, KKI'TIOAIBISU 9, 1011.
No. 146.
ASHLAND TO WORK FOR GOOD ROADS
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MEETING HELD BY
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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
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WHY THE PEOPLE OF OREGON
WILL BE ASKED TO VOTE UPON
INITIATIVE FREIGHT RATE BILL
Unjust and Unreasonable Discrimination. Excessive Tolls Now Charted
and Failure to Secure Relief From Commission Force Peeple t Act
to Project Themselves F. W. Gaines Answers Judg Celvhj's ArU
ments Against Movement Specific Instances ef Overcharlnf CitH
Heavy Profits Made by Raifr &a& in Operation.
R. L. bORDEN B-' f. 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
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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
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(Contlnuia m 9f )