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WEATHER
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MJSDtfOKD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1911.
No. 148.
MS
OFFER $50,000 PREMIUM FOR ROAD BONDS
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ARE EAGER TO
SECURE
SUE
Olio Firm Has Already Made a Ten
tative 0((cr of $50,000 Premium
For the Road Bonds If They Are
Authorized.
WILLING TO PAY LARGE SUM
TO LOAN JACKSON MONEY
Greets Governors
DVORC
E EVIL
Attorneys Who Have Looked Into the
Question State That There Is
No Question As To Lcnallty
I'.tiin! buyers throughout tlit H ii
liiui nro watching llio bond clcclioii
to Iki In-Ill in this county September
110 with u groat dent of inleietd, judg
ing from tin- number nf inquiries re
ceived by In i'ii I bunking institution.
A number ol' lln' bund buying hoimo
am jtHkintr for particular anil out'
firm Iiiih iiiiulii a tentative offer of n
.jfitl.OOO pri'iiiiiiiu lo secure the boudn.
Thoio m'i'iii lull little doubt that
tint iwtuo will b easily placed ami at
a pruiiiumi. It i lii'lii'Vi'il thai il
Ii'mm a hiuti t linn ,K(l,0()l) will Im pun!
fur llu itMiu ahmo par. Attorney
wlia have looked into tlti iiiiMtiiiii
Muto that lla isuc will ho legal hi'
'.mmiiI a iloiilit aliil fur thai the ic
iiii the iMtuu ii eagerly stiugliU Ah
the bonds ii reoccured ly property
iNcuHt'il at more than t'ir,0l)O,lH)0,
the security in xo large that it make
the investment gill rduo.
A doreu Imiiii buying finilH lire ul
lemly in the Dehl for the bonds whieli
in il.-'lf show that a lurg' pretiiintn
will lie offered to nee :re the ismie
which will he tlii posed of to the. luuti
eit Imliler. T'.u lioiul limine liurolui .-
iug the Itwtm will agree to lul.e tin
' bonds lis needed and this menus that
interest will not lie paid upon the
niiuiey until it in needt'd.
The t'aut that the bund houses are
eager to secure the liomls shows wh.it
the onlHido world thinks of the e re
it of Jackson enmity, Not only will
they loan Jackson enmity the iaoao
hut they will pay a largo miiii for hie
priulego of doing no.
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JACKSQNV LLE
CONTRACTS
IT
SYSTEM
C. E.' Dade Given Gravity Pipe Line
Darn and Reservoir for $35000
Dlstrlbutlnii System Will Cost
$25,000
WIDTH
OW
OF ROAD
DOUBT
Committee of Central Pointers Arc
Working To Have Macadam Road
Between This City and tho Point
Widened.
Whether the iiiaeiidaui road he
tween thin city and Central Point
Hhall ho 10 or UU feet in width i
now a mooted question.
Monday afternoon a committee of
Central Pointorrt nailed upon Conn
ly Commissioner Davis in Ihi neil,
and linked that the width of the ro id
ha increased from 1(1 to 'JO feet. Mr.
Davis Ntatoil that ho wok aj;roeahle,
hut thai the eommitleu would hae tu
call on County .Indue Neil uutl Com
miHHiouer Ou'eiiri. Whether tho road
will ho widened or not will prohnhly
he deeided within tho ne.t few diiyH.
When the eoiilract wan let 1(1 feet
wiih the width Hpeeified. A niimlior
of Central INiiul reKidenlH at that
lime urged a widening of the road
hut CommlHHloner Oweim oppimed the
jilau owing to Hie additional cohl and
tho preneut Htule of county fitinueeH,
The Central Point people however,
uifuHcd to hu HiiliHfied and mo ntill
fighting for a wider road.
Oiio of tho principal argument in
favor of a twenty-foot macadam
road In lluil place 1h the fuel that It
is one of tho main highways in the
county mid will form a part of tho
l'aaelfia Highway from Kan Diego
to Vancouver, U, O. For thin rim
hou they nay tho road should he of
Hlauiliu'il wiillll,
At n nii'ctliii: of tho Jncknomlllo
coiiiiell held Miimluy evenlnB the con-
irnrt for the city wnterworkn wuk lot
Id P. i:. Ihide for MC.00O.
The water wll Itm taken out of
.lurlmon rreelc, where n illvertliiK
ilnm wll llio coiutriicted nomn i'.Ih-
lnii(,e uhvu the 0)i mine, mul cnrrled
In S'-l-S iiiIIoh of nlx-lnrh Iron plpo to
the reservoir, which wll llio construc
ted with a rapacity of 200,000 galluun
on the hill xoiith of aJrktiouvlllu nt
nn elevation of -'25 feet abovo the
city. An eight-Inch innlu will ron-
iiecl the rcHcrvoIr with tho city iIIh-
trlhutliig H'Htem, which will rout $:'C-
000 ami ho hulll on llio Improve
ment handing plnu.
htixl year the contract was let for
thin water nntom to J, It. Hares, who
failed after doing $5000 worth or
work.
BE
REMEDED
BY GOVERNORS
Nineteen Executives of Common
wealths Assemble In Annual Con
ference at Spring Lake, N. J.,
Where They Are Welcomed.
LAX MARRIAGE LAWS
SUBJECT TO REVISION
Foundations of American Home
Threatened By Prevailing
Conditions.
SPKINO LAKE. N'. J Sent. 12,
Htrlklng a blow at tho laxity of the
divorce lawn of many atnten and fav
oring uniform ntntutcH on tho uubject
of HcnnratloiiH .tinil ro-nmrrlagcH,
governors from many ntntes of tho
union In opening tho houso of gov
eriiurH hem today promised to launch
a movement to curb tho so-called di
vorce evil.
Tho governor!! nro practically un-
aulmoiiK In their opIulonR on tho In
adequacy uf the divorce law a and the
lax enforcement, of them which tlioj
nay threatens the foiiundtlonH of the
American home.
lU'iipondlug to Governor Woodrow
WIUou'k uddresH of welcome. Gov
ernor Cnrey of Wyoming denounced
tho dlvorco ovll. '
Nineteen governors wcro- present
when tho session opened. Governor
McGovern of Wisconsin presided at
the himlnesa session.
MAINE IS WET
FOLLOWING 60
YEARS DROUTH
Apparently Beaten At Polls By Ma
jority Prohibitionists Circulate
Petition For-Another Popular Vote
Upon Question. Contest Threatened
PEOPLE ALSO VOTE FOR
PRIMARIES AMENDMENT
Prohibitory Amendment Forbidding
Sale of Uquor Repealed Local
Option Law Poosslblc.
HAIL
STORM
IN WILLAMETTE
Valley Swept By Electrical Wind
Storm Much Damauo To Fruit
and Hops Eugene Hit Hardest.
Wind Blows a Gale.
I'OUTl'ANM), Ore., Sept. 12. Al
though orchards and eropa were dam
aged severely In several districts, re
ports today from various points li.
tho Willamette valley IndlcaetH that
tho valley as a wholo did not suffer
much an n result of tell electrical
storm which Bwept over It last even
ing. At Kugeno two Inchon of hall
fell and many windows wero broken
hy the hall stones. Much damago was
done to fruits and hops In this dis
trict. In DoughiH county contiguous to
Itosojuirg, gardoiia wero damaged.
Lightning caused two flroH near
Woodhiiru, and at Albany a number
of telephone poles wero wroekod.
Mrs. Cecelia Hunch was struck by
lightning at her 'homo In tlorvnls.
near Portland. She was not sorloim
ly hurt.
French War Crisis,
PAUIS, Rept. 12. Franco'B reply
to counter pioposilH In tho Mm ocean
negotiations hns boon written and will
ho laid hefoio the Krouoh cabinet to
day for approval. Tho task of draw
ing up tho reply proved to bo slmplor
than at flist expected, doubtless bo
cituuo tho German demands woro such
lis could not bo accepted In any part
by Franco.
It la said that the roply while writ
ten In a spirit of conciliation, Is ab
solutely firm with logard to tho po
sition .Franco has assumed concern
ing ipioatlous of prlnolplo, from which
Franco will not dopnrt a hair's
breadth,
PLAN BIG SHOOT
FOR SEPTEMBER 28
At a meeting of tho Medford Hod
and Gun club last evening definite
arrangements woro made for n two
days tournament to bo held on tho
2Sth and 29th of September at the
grounds of the local club near the
fnlr' grounds. Tho club proproses to
mako the events and prizes attractive
to tho amateur shooters and all lov
ers of this sport will bo Invited to
participate.
nMny noted professional trap ex
ports will bo In attendance frpm nil
PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. VI
With only eight townB unheard from,
returns from the state eertion today
indicate tJinnt the "wets" have won
by n plurality of 522. The eight
towns unaccounted for total only
about 200 inhabitants.
The constitutional amendment for
direct primnricH was endoroed hy A
innajority of 17,000 but tho proposi
tion to make Augusta thccapital of
tho hlnte forevor, was lost.
Apparently beaten a t tho jwllj.
Mnuinc prohibition's today begun
securing 10,000 names to petitions
asking tho legislature for another
Kpular vote on the "wet" or "dry"
election.
Although every indication states
that the state went "wet" by a 500
majority, the prohibit ionists refuse
to concede defeat mid insist that the
official count shown a "dry" ma
jority. A recount may be demanded
by the prohibitionists.
VestcrdayV vote does not mean
that tho state is to havo -limitless
bar-rooms, but merely removes the
prohibitory amendment to tho con
stitution. The law forbidding the
snlo of liquor ti still on the stat
utes. Hy removing the prohibitory
amendment it is now possible for the
legislature to vote for local option.
Governor Plaistcd said ho could
not announce yet whether he would
call a quick seeinl session to vote
on an option law.
over tho northwest and every of fort
will be mado to mako tho tournament
one of tho most succssful over pulled
off In southern Oregon.
Many of the leading merchants
have offered priies to bo competed
for and n most attratlvu program contemplated.
AVIATOR FOWLER FALLS
IN HIS AIRSHIP
m;-mW$M ACCIDENT ENDS
mf y-W: j$KP- .; m MM
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Aviator Fowler Descending In Midair.
GRIFFIN TRIAL
NOW UNDER WAY
Man Charged With Robbery In This
City Is Being Tried In Circuit
Court Charge Against O'Neil
Is Dismissed.
D. J. Griffin, charged with the
robbery of Martin Iteddy's jewelry
storo In this city on tho ovenlng of
July 4, was placed on trial today In
the circuit court. The Jury was se
cured this morning and the trial op
ened this afternoon.
Tho charge against Jack O'Neil, In
dicted for forgery, was dismissed on
omtlon of tho district attorney this
morning.
A demurrer to tho indictment
anglnst O. P. Horn, charged with
contributing to tho delinquency of a
minor was offered in tho circuit
court today.
REDDY ATTENDS
HIGHWAY MEET
Legislative Commission Gathers to
Discuss Good Road Legislation
Vawtcr Unable To Attend So Red
dy Goes.
Fowler's Airship Rudder Falls Ta
Work and Machine TumWfts T
Earth Aviator Has Narrew. Es
cape At Alta, Cald Hopeful ef
Speedy Repairs and Continuing.
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Short Talks on Proposed Road Bond Issue
NO. 4 WHY BONDS ARE ISSUED FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
No extensive or comprehensive system of public improvement can be carried out
and paid for on a cash basis.
To raise tho money needed would necessitate a rate of taxation so high that it would
amount to practical confiscation. .
To string along the work through many years, in driblet fashion, results in mcrcas
ed cost, unsatisfactory results and meagre accomplishment.
Few cities would havo public improvements if they had to bo paid for by taxation
as completed. Scwor And water S3stems would become privato monopolies and streets
remain unpavod.
To enablo public as well as private corporations to complete improvements at ouce,
thereby effecting economy in cost, pormanenco in construction, and tho resulting appre
ciation in property values, tho bonding system was devised, enabling tho borrowing of
such sums of money as needed and tho paymont of interest and of principal with the
money raised by taxation that would otherwiso be frittered away m piecemoal con
struction. NcithorMedford, 'Ashland nor Grants Pass would have a paved street today if
tho cost, had to be paid out of tho yearly taxation as wo are paying for county roads. It
is just as absurd and unbusinesslike for .lackson county to attempt to build pormanont
highways from tho yearly rovonues raised by taxation as it would be for these cities to
attempt, to pave their streets by the same systom. '
A bond house has figured out for tho Mail Tribune a table, which will lator be pub
lished, showing that the samo road leA'y as at present made, upon the sanio valuatiou of
propcn.y 111 tun county win m twenty years, uot oniy pay imoresr. out repay inu priuuipai
upon a $1,500,000 issue of 20-yoar 5 por cent bonds'. As a matter of fact, tho increasing
value of the county, duo in largo measure to tho pormanont highways thus constructed,
will make a constantly lessening rate of levy to raise tho money needed.
On a valuo of .$-10,000,000, a 2 1-2 mill lovy will yield $100,000 annually. In twenty
years tho levies ($100,000 a year) will total $2,000,000. The premiums from tho salo of
bonds will bo $50,000. Tho interest earnings on tho sinking fund and premium Will ap
proximate $950,000, or a total of $3,000,000, which will repay $1,500,000 principal and
$1,500,000 total intorest, thus providing at, oneo an adoquato systom of highways at no
greater oust wiau wiu present piecemeal iiiciiiuu, wiucn aumiany cans iur un iuiuuuttuu
lovy.
Dr. J. Reddy is in Portland today
for the Diirpose of attending a meet
ing of the legislative commission up
pointed by Governor West to confer
regnrdinc special legislation for the
purpo.se of eonbtructihg good roonds
throughojit tho state. Dr. Reddy
takes W. I. Vnwter's place ns a del
egate from Jackson county, Mr.
Vnwter being utinblo to attend.
Upon the recommendation of the
commission Governor West will de
termine bte matter of callmg a spec
ial session of the legislature to con
sider good road legislation. The
meeting will probably prove one of
tho most important ever held in the
state regarding tho matter of build
ing belter highways.
BOZOS TRIAL
IS DELAYED
.
Attorney Asks For Postponement
In Order That Witnesses May Be
Secured Calkins Will Rule On
Matter Wednesday.
ALTA, Cal, Sept. 12. Total -wreck
of tho Wright biplane In which ho
hoped to win a 150,000- newspaper
prize for crossing tho continent, to
day brought Aviator Robert O. Fow
ler's flight from San Francisco to
New York to an Inglorious end near
this little mountain town. Fowler
was uninjured.
After his successful flight from
San Francisco to Auburn yesterday,
Fowler was supremely confident to
day when he started to tune up his
machine at Auburn. Ho had some
difficulty in starting from the rough
ground on which he landed there, but
finally ogt away at 9:34 a. m.
All went well until Fowler reach
cd Colfax which town he passed ,at
9:55 a. m. At that time ho was 1,-
000 feet In the air and was making
aobut 55 miles an hour.
Aa Fowler was near this station,
ho began to havo trouble, and feeling
that his rudder was going wrong, ha
started to volplano toward tho earth.
Just as ho nearcd the! ground, tho
rudder went entirely wrong and tho
machine crashed down on a hillside
a short distance from the Southern
Pacific station here, piling Itself up
In a mass of splintered wood, twisted
Iron and rent canvas- Fowler leaped
from the saddle of the (Iyer Just as
It struck tho earth and, except for
a fow minor bruises, was uninjured.
Ho was much disappointed at tho un
lucky termination of his flight but
he rejoiced taht his engtno was only
slightly damaged.
Tho aviator rofused to stato posi
tively when be would make an cfofrt
to continue his flight, but declared
himself undaunted by his mishap and
declared that, despite tho handicap
ho had suffered, ho would still be the
first to cross tho continent through
tho air.
George lluzus' charged with tho
murder of Christ Spnnos in this city
recently, may not fuct trial for some
time. Attomoy Kelly has offored n
motion in tho cnbo asking n post
ponement until October in order that
ho may scouro several witnesses for
ttlio defense. Judge Calkins took
tho matter under advisement mid
will probanbly fix i dato for tho
trial Wednesday,
Tho Bozus trial was to havo
opened immediately but his uttornoy
filed aim affidavit with tho court
showing that more timo is noeded in
which to prepare tho easo. Judgo
Calkins will probably rulo on tho
matter Wednesday morning.
Peter Janetos was found guilty of
assault with a deadly weapon by u
jury in tho Circuit Court Monday
ntternoou. Jiuinetos will bo sen
tenced by Jifgda Calkins Wednesday
morning. A motion for n. now trial
will probably bo offered by tho at
torneys for tho ilofenso,
WEATHER MAN
SAYS MORE RAIN
Tonight and Tomorrow Showers Will
Fall Two-tenths of An Inch Fell
Last Night Is An Aid to County
Roads.
Rain, tonight uud tomorrow.
Such is tho edict of tho wonthor
man. Last night two tentliB of att
inch of rain fell in tho vulloy, doing
a groat amount of good. Al of tho
fanners who havo vetch in tho ground
are rejoicing while a fow who still
have unthraslicd grain stacked in tho
fiold nro hoping for fair weather for
at least two months more.
Tho amount of rain which has full
cn to duto lias served to put tho
roads in tho county in far hotter con
dition. Dust, hns boon laid and this
will provo of much benefit.
Based on former yours the rniit
will coutiuuo for a fow days and thou
tho Koguo Rivor valloy will oxpori
onco n month of delightful woathor.
HKRLIN, Tho thlnTlntornattonal
congrep? for tho protection of Infants
opened hero today. Nathan Strauss,
the American Jewish philanthropists,
represents tho United States,
VANOUVUU. Wn. Nino widows,
whoso combined ages totalled 635
years, wero guostu of Mm. Sarah
Hastings, herself s widow at a din
ner glvon to colobrato her 76t;h birthday
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