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Jj'OUTY-liMRST YWAH.
THIRTY-TWO PAGE8 IN FOUR SECTIONS. ALWDtfOKD OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1912.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
No. 2J2.
WONDERFUL ADVANCEMENT MADE IN 1911
Huge Sums Expended in Past Year for Development in City and Valley-Coming Year Bright With Promise
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VAST FIGURES
TELL
OF CITY 1911
Every Lino of Endeavor, Soclnl and
Financial, Shows Remarkable Projj
rcss Dtirlnn Year Which Sped Into
History With Mldnlnht.
POSTAL RECEIPTS, CERTAIN
INDEX, GAIN 16 PER CENT
Over $1,1300,000 lor New DuililliiS
While City Is Improved by
Expenditure of $580,000.
Willi extraordinary proRnm mado
iluiltiK (he onr till I, which piuiih to
an intl hint evening, In nil IIikw of
ilcw i iini'iil mill liiintiHwn In Med
ford anil ihi ItciKtio Itlvor valley,
rihlilnitH or city nml vnlloy nrJ to
ilny ii'hiI to tuku up thu work
hrourJil to hiuiil hy tint youncntur
10 II! nml wild renewed vlRor mul
rotirmti btti-d on tint juiNt, continue
lo huliii ji illy whoro u row tthort
)uarH iko grew chumrol uiinioloslod
ly the ploiuxir'H nx, nml develop
lutein rotioiirctHi, ho iitiiiinlniit In vul
Joy nml on lilll.
. Muni'luti droit Hi,
A rotroiootlo vluw of tho many
event, mul tiiHutitnuos of progres,
Muilfnril tin- Urn Jtoguu River vnl
loy tiro jioiieorntiil,' shown that thu
ut mul vnlloy have nindo uxlrnordli
nnry program in every lino" of on
deimir Thu record from month to
month rolled iirhleinmnnln nf pro
nounced mul Htibstmillnl chnrnetor,
t It Ih section ixtilly Inking the loml In
development mill program when com
jmred with llio statu nt largo.
.Mark cnl advancement wan nindo In
thu various total of htmlUM a cri
terion of which nro tho postoftlro
flKtirt'H, which hIiow u gala for 1011
of moro than 15 per cunl ovur lit 10.
Tho looal pnHtorflco during 1011
piiRMod tho SJIO.OOO mark, tho ro
od pi a totaling sna,SSC.I7, an iikiiIiihI
SSMSO.IU for 1010, In 1000 thoy
worn SlO.lRU.nn whllo for l'JOS thoy
worn Sli.GOl.ttt).
Hiillillng Continues.
Tho iiiarvulmiH orn of building uo
tlvlly which totaled ovor $1,000,000
In 1010 wan contlnmul during 1011,
when no loss thnn S 1,500,000 wiih
nxpnnded for new InilldlnKR. Of
UiIh mnnmit $800,000 Van for busl
iiohr MooltH, tho remainder beliiR ex
pended for r$dtloncoa.
In city improvements nil provlous
records worn shuttered, $fiS0.000 bo
Ing Hpunt for paving, service mnliiH
ami commit hIiIowiiIkh. TIiIh brings
Modfnrd'H mark In municipal Im
provements near tho IU, 000, 000
mark anil glvim lior 10.77 iiiIIoh of
paving, -V.I miles of watur inaliiH,
' I, on mlUm of sower maliiH nml 2 1.08
iiiIIob of cunuml Hldowulka, Among
other municipal ImprovointmtB Ih tho
liiHtallatlou of oliifltor lights on tho
main HlrootH of tho city, doing away
with tho ohl-tlmo arc lights mul tho
nuccuriary dlHflgurlng polou,
Truilo Iiicii'iinch.
Modford'H himlnona hniiaoH nil ro
port gratifying IwroattoH In tiailo ox
immtlon. Thu (mtahlluhoil whohmalo
IiiihIiichh Iioiihuii hIiow hoalthy In
cioamm whllo rotallorn uro woll bhIIh
fluil. A largo numhm' of now IiiihI-
IIDHH llOIIHOH lUlVO llOOl) OpUllOll 1)11(1
wolconiml.
TIiIh ncllvlty Iiiir boon vory Kral
Ifylni: and ptuiuty mit holdly tiKiiliiHt
rgportH from almofil ovory nook and
ooruor of llio Unltod HtutoH of uIiik
kIhIiuobh In hiiHlnoMH, tlKlitiuma of tho
inonoy lyurkiit. nmt timidity of cap
ItallMtB to untCT now floIdB, Whllo
UiIh Iiiih houn folt to a curtain dOKroo
in Medford, tho city has forgod
ahoad Htoadlly.
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Jfronma has lioon nindo In llnou
iiHldo froni tho IiubIuosh and develop
ment wjVldj Tho yoar 1011 huw
now cluuw hulldliiKB, now bcIiooI
hoiiHcii mid nioro attoutlon paid to
uducatlou, cultui'Q u ml soolal ad-
GROWTH
COUNTY SEES
BIG SUMS FOR
DEVELOPMENT
From Evrry Section of Jackson Conn
ty Comes Stories of Proucss-
Vallcy Towns All Make Strides
Toward Better Conditions.
MILLION DOLLARS FOR
POWER DEVELOPMENT
Llmo Quarries to Dc Opened Brick
Plant to Operate on Large
Scale Electric Road Talked.
I'roui all tioolloiiH of Jncknon
county coiuo xtorliw of proKroRH lur-
liiK 1012. Anliland, Tnlont, lhoo
nix, JnckiHinvlllc, lltitto lalln, KakIo
Point, Contra) l'olnt, Tolo, (.'old Hill
nml Woodvllln nil hnvo nindo Im
portant MtrldoH diirliiK tho pant yar,
Inoklim tow)iril huttor miiulclpnl
(HiitilltloiiH. Iloud Imiioh hnvo huon
voted and work ntnrted, ami In mmu
caxen compleliMl on tho ItiHtnllatlon
of wnivr KyitUnuti, pnvoiiieut, wiwor
HyHtoniH, whllo IiiiIIiIIiik linn been
proKHMHluc at n innrvcloim rate.
Itclt in Mining.
llul not nlono In tho county lowun
In procroiiK evident. Vntil flKurcx
qII, of (luyinunit liihtir. Uw. .A
tnflllon d"6nnrflrtnfTc(;uxpondod In
ImfnoMiitni; thu watem, ot tho Kokuo
ncnr Proppect. vh!li1 slepilhnvn boon
taken toward ilov'oldiiluK tho Iiiikh
timber heltH ot llio county.
Tho car Iiiik oen u revival In
mlnliiK throughout tho county mul
several large dcnla are now pundliiK
wheieby development work will bo
Htartvul on Kooral prouilBlug proper
tlori.
The ytmr 1011 unw the cnlnrgo-
uient of n htiKo brick plnut at Tolo
which will employ ninny men mid bo
an, Important factor In tho IndtiBtrlul
circle. Llmo deposits hnvo boon
opened, coal lulncn leased nml workod
on a Hiunll ncale, It la true, but
oiio thnt kIvcb promUo of Iiuko ro
huHh for 1012.
Iri'lKiitlou ICxuiiii1n.
An electric railroad throughout
tho valley ban boon projected nnd
plaiiH uuiy aunturo In 1012.
Sovoral thoimaiid uddttlounl ncron
hao been brmiKht iindor Irrigation
during tho yoar. 1011 nnd work Ih
under wny to hrlnp water to more,
asmnliig greater returns from tho
fertile ncreii of tho Iloguo.
Moro attention was glvon diversi
fied fanning In tho vnlloy during
1011, which roHiiltcd In rouowed In
toroHt along thin lino, and which will
bring huge bouoflta In 1012.
Tho county, during tho yoar,
awoke to tho nocoiodty of good ronds,
nml voted a bond Ikhuo of l,r00,000
to build hlghwuyH. .
In fact, from ovory nook and cor
ner of tho county coiuo Btorlen of
prt;rcHH, of dovelopmuut, and thcoo
augur woll for 1012,
vaucemont, In addition tho yoar
1011 aw Banltary coudltloiiH in tho
city bettered, and u corresponding
ilecreaso In tho death rale. In fact,
In every lino of IiiihIuohh and nodal
endeavor, Mod ford madu marked
progroHH.
IDI'J I'roiulhCN Much.
Hut an bright nH 1011, hau boon,
1012 promlHon Ijiflultely moro. On
ovory hand la noon ovldouco otfcru
uewed faith In tho city'H future
and thlH la tho faatnr that bullda
oltlOH nnd dovolopa roHourcou, With
tho opening ot tho spring tho proa
poctti urn oxcoodlngly bright, Ttall
rond dovolopmont, orchard develop
ment, mining dovolopmont, ttmbor
dovolopmont all aro promtuod, and
each will add to tho momentum with
which thu city la building, nnd tho
vnlloy oponod up. Theso will add to
tho RiiBtnlnod confidence ,liud by
ouatoru fluanulora and InvoBtora In
tho pormanouoy of tho building of
Medfonl nnd tho dovolopmont of tho
valley,
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VOTES TO ERECT
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Christian Church In This City to Have
Handsome New Oulldlnrj of Bunga
low Stylo on Corner of Ninth and
Oakdale.
Tho memhurs o tho Chrinlinn
elntreli of this, city yi'Hlerdnv dceuled
lo nt oueo eoinmuncu work on the
election of u now place' of wondiip.
These people a few mnutliK n Hold
their church property, on lliq oomer
of WoHt Sixth anil North Ivy streets,
to tho Itiut-Monro Held company, the
grouuil upon which the church stands
to ho used for Imimucks punwscs. At
tho time of this sale tho church pen--pie
puroiuiHod a piece of ground, 100,
by 100 foot in sir.e, at tho BoutlicuHt
comer of South Oakdale avenue and
Ninth Btrcot, nnd it is lmro the new
edifice will ho erected.
The now church will ho of hum, i-
low Ktylo in architectural design mul
Hie main auditorium will hnvo a ' u
iug capacity of -IfiO. On tho bcci1
floor Ihoro will ho sovon class rooms
for tho Sunday school pud the audi
torium will he 80 arranged an to ho
partitioned off for ehihhe ami small
church gatherings when needed, or
throw n open into ono nsKi'inhly room
for preaching Aorwioos. The structure
ilk . 1 i Lmmv till
complete will cost annul .?mmhi. me
Bir.n of the huilding is thought to lie
hiiffieienlly ample for five or six
yours, nt whiuh time tho building may
he aildeil lo or moved off lo make
room for n larger building.
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SAN Dir.OO, Cnl., Jan. 1. The
Gorman thip California, lfill day.s
from Shields, Kugland, mu) given up
for lost, has heoit sighlcd 'JO miles
off Point .ouia, Slio is liQOultnod.
fugs lmvo gone to hor.
The California was last scon at
Cupo Horn early in September.
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Three Dlo In Fire.
(Unltod l'l ohh LciiNvil Wli 0.)
NKY YORK, Jan. 1. Three men
nro missing ami helievcd to have per
ished in a firo whtn.Ii nt an early
hour toddy destroyed tho stables of
the Mutual Milk and Cream coin-pnujr,
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The .Mcilfurtl .Mall Tribune extendi Its most cordial lc.t uIsIioh
.to IIn many reader for the happiest nml most prosperous year
in their M'vcrnl Ho n full twoho months of henllli, happiness
nml Microns In nil of their nffnlrx.
Uy tUip frleniMilp of your friends Iks more closely cemented;
the InMlng. welfare of your fntully more certnlnly assured nnd
opportunity for nihnncemetit nil d betterment come to you moro
tlutu eer lefor Is the wish of Tho Mnil Tribune for jou during
the coming jear.
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NARROW ESCAPE
ATWOOD
HAS
Big Wave Hits Hydroplane When It
Falls Into Sea and Aviator Comes
Near Death Rescuers Just in
Time.
(Unltcit 1'renH I.cuncil Wire.)
LYNN, Mass., Jan. 1. Kullinj? 100
foot into the jueonii near Point of
Pines, Aviator,. Harry N. Atwood,
shortly uftiyr starting from liero to
day on his way to Portland, Maine,
in his hydroplane, had a narrow cs
one from death.
Tho machine was going niooly whon
its engines stopped and Atwood
dropped into the water. As ho at
tempted to rise again u big wave
struck the machine, lipping it over
backward. The hydtoplano began to
sink, and Atwood crawled to its top,
culling for help. Komuioi-m arrived
ji:t us lie was going down.
BOB LA F0LLETTE IS NOT
DAUNTED BY SORE THROAT
(United Picsh I.oimort Wlru.)
DETUOIT, Mich., Jan. 1. Un
daunted by n soro throat mid a lame
hand, tho latter badly swollen from
tlo grips of Cincinnati admirers, Sen
ator Hoborl M. La Kollelte started
from hero today for a hrte days' tour
of Michigan. He was billed to spoak
at Flint in the morning, at Saginaw
this afternoon nml at Day City to-
Idght,
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Spokane Shivers,
(United Pies I.eunort Wile.)
8POKANB, Wish., Jan. 1, Spo
kano today lu nhlvorlng In thu low
oat tompornturo in two years. At
sunrldo the thormometor stood two
bolow xero.
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WIFE HELD FOR
HUSBAND'S DEATH
Police Are Convinced That Charles
B. Morrow Was Killed by His Wife
Following Quarrel Over a "Star
Boarder.
(United rro8 Leased 'Wire)
CHICAGO. Jan. 1. Convinced that
Charles H, Morrow, an inventor whose
froren body was found on tho back
porch of his home hero with n bullot
in thu head and another in tho heart,
was murdered and was not a suicido
as claimed by his wife, tho polico
aro holding Mrs. Morrow on n formal
charge of murder. Thoy aro also
searching for a young nuloiuobilo
salesman who is reported to lmvo
been the "lar hoarder" at tho Mor-1
row homo.
Attorney Cuthhort I). Potts, a
friend of the dead man, has informed
the polico thnt Morrow's domustio life
was uuliappv; tliat .Mrs. Morrow nindo
hor husband sleep in a disused kitch
en, nnd that shortly beforo tho trag
edy sho secured tho deed of Morrow's
property and when ho demanded it,
chased him from tho house with a
butcher knife.
OHIO PROGRESSIVES
CONFER ABOUT LA F0LLETTE
(United Press I.euacil Wlro.)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 1. Ohio
progressives conferred hero today to
perfect their state orgauiatiou, Tho
majority of tho dolegates in tho con
ference favor indorsing Senator La
Polletto for tho republican presi
dential nomination, although La Toi
lette himsolf prefers that an indorse
ment should ho doferred, so that
should ho fail to show tho needed
strength later, the nnmo of some oth
or progressive may be substituted
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LABOR LEADERS
MAY MHT BE THIEO
oiiymjoLJ
Congested Condition of Criminal Cal
endar in United States District
Court Will Probably Delay Trial
for Months.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 1. Ow
ing to .tho congested condition of tho
criminal calendar in the United States
district court it appears unlikely to
day that tho conspirnc cases against
Olaf A. Tvcitmoe, Anton Johannscn,
E. A. Clancy, J. E. Mnndscy ami
other labor lenders will bet set for
trial before next July.
Tho accused men will be arraigned
tomorrow beforo Judge Wellborn in
tho federal district court. This for
mality finished, a date for their pleas
will bo bet and tho cases placed on
the term trial calendar for January S,
tho opening of tiio now court torm.
Forty criminal cases aro now at issue
and ready to be tried beforo Judge
Wellborn and if tho rogular pro
cedure is adhered to it will bo at least
six months before these cases are
disposed of and tho conspiracy cases
taken up.
FRISCO IS TO CALL ON
CONGRESS TO OPEN ALASKA
(United Press Leaned AVlro.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 1.
A delegittion representing tho San
Francisco clianibor of commoice will
go to Washington the latter part of
t sihmonth to use. their offorts to aid
in enacting legislation that will help
in tho development of Alaska, Tho
chamber scuds tho body as San Fran
cisco's sharo in a work that will be
carried on all oug tho Pacific coast.
Thirty or forty members will bo in
cluded iu the coast delegation, each
oity sonding several.
Underwood III.
(United Press Loaned Wire.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. Appen
dicitis threatens tho lifo of ltepro
sentativo Osoar Underwood, deuio
crulio loader of Alabama in tho houso
of representatives, Ho is confined
to his bod. How sorious his condi
tion is has not yo,t boon fully, do
terrained, .
YOUNGSTER 12
IS WELCOMED
WORLD OVER
San Francisco Sets Pace With 200,
000 ClieeriDj People Mixing to
Great Joyfest New York Has
Headache.
KING GEORGE AND
MARY ARE BUSY TODAY
Other Cities for Most Part Are Quiet
Owing to Sunday Clss-
HInrj Laws.
(United VrfHH Loused Wire )
SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., Jan. l.
Expressing their joy nt the advent of
the New Year with every noise mak-ing-,dcvicc
known to man, 200,000 Sua
Franciscans bade lull good-bye here
in tho biggest joy fest tho city has
ever known.
Beginning early in the evening,
Market street and Mho cafe? were
jammed with shouting, rattling, yell
ing .thousand nnd when midnight
came the pandemonium must have
been heard clenr across the buy. The
weather was excellent, except for a
slight mist in tho evening, tho night
bejjig particularly wnrraTor the sen
son. Ecw accidents and thoso of a
trivial nature wero reported to the
M)lice, and today the festival bdaru
the distinction of having been cele
brated without a single erimo of note.
I'nrtland Quiet.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 1. A blast
of noise at midnight, when all the
Whistles of factories, steamboats and
locomotives let go, preceded and fol
lowed by tho jangle of machinery on
tho streets, was about the sum and
substance of Portland's celebration in
honor of the coming of the new year.
Tho lid was on in this city from
Saturday midnight until tho birth of
New Year's, with the result that the
enfo celebration was a tamo affair.
At the road houses "just outside the
city a few couvivially inclined en
joyed a lidlcss tiine but in the city
mo (wizens wero compelled to wel
come 1912 in a "ladylike" manner mi
tho sheet.
At Calcutta.
CALCUTTA, Jan. 1. Reception of
unlive princes nnd local notables oc
cupied jnoht of New Year's morning
for King George and Qheeu Mary.
Visits to hospitals and important pub
lio buildings followed, with many ad
dressos of welcome and responses.
New York Has Headache.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1. America's
metropolis awakened today with a
headache, a bad' tasto in the mouth
and hor bankroll deplotcd just about
$750,000. That's what the Now Year
celebration cost old Father Knicker
bookor. It win, ono without parallel
in tho history of New York, but
bromide and every known nerve
quieter on tho mtirkot is being worked
overtime today.
Seattlo QTilot.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 1. Scuttle
ushorcd in tho yoar 1012 in the quiet
est New Year's celebration iu 10
yoars. Tho lid was on tight and tho
enfo oiowils of nrovious yoars wero
conspicuously absent. Tho strcols,
whllo presenting- gala ntmosphoro by
confetti throwing nnd tho tooling of
horns, , did not hold llio usual Novy
Year's crowds by many thousands.
Tho pro-New Year's ovo oolobration
on Saturday night was also oxcop.
tionally quiet, tho lid cominp; dowu
sharply at 12 o'clock.
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Los Angeles Disgusted, ""
LOS ANGELES, Cnl.. Jan, 1. A
"mitt' frnppo was tho only recogni
tion handed to tho young 1013 horo
for his knookout blow to hoorv old
1011. Excot for Bovornl latn nrowl-
ors of tho folinq variety and n fow
night hawks erathorod nrortnd in care-"
tully guarded spots, nono saw th
"good night" punch when it lauded.
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