MEDFORD MAIL TRTTIUNK MIDFOOT. OIUWON, SATURDAY, W,niNTA1?V 10, 101'J.
GOV. WEST MAKING AGGRESSIVE
FIGHT FOR GOOD ROADS BILLS
BEST- BOXING
Will Battle for Lightweight
Championship Tuesday Evening
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Governor Campaigning With Sired throuk the winter, or the mrmor
eouiti wniru wio innrKei, win mini
Talks ami Stcreopticon Views to
Secure Signatures for Initiative
- Measures.
GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION
FOLLOWING UP HIS EFFORTS
Executive Wants Rock Quarries Es
tablished Throughout State and
Convicts Kept Busy in Them.
lisr.ked tyy the aUt kooiI road
nnsoclntlcm ami by progressive neu-
)lo ovqr.vVhore, Governor West Isfttlo governor shall curry tho apimln-
ninkliiR an onorRotlc cmnn-Ripn for
tlio good nmils tnltlntlv 11M, now
.ready for signatures at the Mtdtord,
Holland and Ntteli hotels and at tho
aiall Trlhutio oKleo.
In daily street talks, at halls and
nt theaters, with storeontleon Illus
trations, the governor 1ms been busy
nt Portland all wook. And this Is
tlio speech the govoruor iur1:ms:
"Tho former Is not so inuch Inter
ested In econtc ro litis as he Is In n
good road from his homo to tho
school, church mid to market. Ho is
when he could obtain tho most for
his Krnln or other rrapa.
"The load that can bo hauled ovor
a road la measured by tho worst
lilec of the road. A team can haul
two ton over a good road, hut only
0110 ton over a itoor ono. The bad
road taken twice as ninny homos and
men, and thereby costs tho avoraxa
fartwr $X.Att a itay or $750 a ear.
"The sueceaa which has eome to
the railroad la from watrhhtK the
leak. Bo It will Ik with the farmer.
"Some may not favor these hills
beeause they glvo ho aniiolntlve
fcower to tho governor. 1 bvltevo it
hou)d ro. to tho governor bccHUto
tWat places the responsibility. The
sae constitution coiitotilt9 that
ilSK,.li"saUtfl. lay ?1-2S to SI 60 :i1oh man, so that it 1, ovon undor
yard for crushed rock and gravel.
Tlio dlitrlct spreads this on sparing
ly, and obtains poor results, because
Uho material Is so expansive. Per
!haps the material is not of the right
'kind. Rock which appears to the
'Inexperienced to be well adapted to
.road building might crumble Into
powder or mud, as the enso may be.
'In a few months.
Hock Quarries Wanted.
" "Itock quarries ought to be,oetab
llshod at central points whero the
right kind of rock way be obtained.
They should ' be operated with, cou
ylct labor, and the rock should be
sold to the farmers at cost. These
'quarries should be accessible to the
'railroads, so that with a cheap rate
the rock can be haulod in this man
ner. This will relievo the peniten
tiary of the expense of maintaining
, those convicts. We are establishing
a quarry at Oregon City now. For
D0 miles between Portland and Sa
,lem the wagon road follows the rall-
vroad.
"Tho grading of tho road Is a small
matter. If tho rock Is available it
'can bo distributed during the rainy
season, at such times as the farmers'
"teams are not busy with otlior work,
because tho rock can be laid and
the teams can then haul over it.
Be&l Legislation Sought.
I "A to good roads legislation, it
doosu't make a particle of dlfforonoe
to ane whose bills I support. All 1
ask Is that I be allowed the privi
lege of supporting tho beat bill. If
any ono else has a bettor bill than
ourB, and will show me wheroin It Is
bettor, I will glndly support it. The
bonding featuro of these bills is ob
jected to. In the last six years the
counties of Oregon have spent $11,
000,000 for roads. The bill pro
vides for tho Issuing of $2,000,000
bonds each yoar for 10 years, or
$20,000,000 -all told.
"I believe the bonding systom a
'good one, because otherwise the im
proved property is obliged to boar
the hoaviost burden of taxation. Tho
bonding system distributes the cost
over a number of yeras, so that those
who purchase land after the road Is
In U80, and who Improve the land,
nro callod upon to share tho tux bur
don. Solons Illumed for Tav.
, "Complaint U being made about
-the high taxes. They wero caused by
the largo appropriations made by the
legislature in its resent session. Many
of the expenditures wero abKofutuly
MmiiQcobsary, many wero necessary.
The tax burden this year was about
all the people could stand, and any
attempt to put upon tho people an
additional burden would bo fought.
In vlow of tluit, the question comes
up: Who uro tho' roads to benefit?
'1'ljQX will certainly benefit the now
comor, thoso who purchnso tho laud
or Improve, it after the iouils nro
.built. Thoy will also benefit the
fulmars who already lino homos
throughout tho state. Thoreforo tho
burdim ought to bo shured. Under
tho bonding system you will havo 10
porsous to bear tho budren, whoro
now you havo but ono,
"At present, in intorlor points,
crops must be rushed to rnarkot as
soon as harvostod, or put in a ware
house under storage charges. If tho
farmer waits tho roads become im
passablo on account of tho rainy sou
eon. j. Winter Work" Urged.
"Tho,tlmo wha" Uio crops must bo
1 uuilctl is tho time whan all tho
teams nro busy In tho luirvost field,
and when tho farmers can loaat af
ford to sparo thorn. With good roads
tho hauling could bo distributed
the lHiwer.
Appointive Plan l?ded.
"Porsonally 1 would rather It
would be with somebody else, for I
havo work enough. Hut tt the np
nointivo jover were given me I
would devote every possible effort to
see that the now law was successfully
carried out, because if It were not
the KQvernW would be the first to
have the finger pointed at him.
"Some say the appointive power
should be in the hands of a board,
but a board acts on the suggestion of
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Hobble H:nw
Northwest's UkIu weight champion.
Voting Mum
Of Kanans Hi. Challenger.
Ten round bout creates Interest
llli? contest .-heuld cllMlc.
Iloh men oxonly mutthed -Pretty box-
HOPE OE WHITES
CM BEAT SNAKES
! l.os ANUKLKS, ChI.- "Texas
i riuiiiv 'lias iimuletl tho Union
' l.viUMie club. At a -moker laat nilit
ijiiiuu-olnd yirl from a loc.il
entoitaiiu'd the Ukro-iloiued
tiien, win- villi'd for more.
this system, a one-man appointment.
If the appointee is appointed by tho
governor, he knows he Is responsible
for the appointment, aud he knows
the governor can discharge him to
morrow. It puts a stop to a lot of
red tape, and fixes the reaixmstbll
Ity. "If tho Orogouktn has a better bill
than the one we have, let the Ore
goniau -put it forth, and if it Is as
good as ours, I will support it. If
thto granges have a better bill, let
them trot it out. We want the host
there Is.
Prize Offered Postmen.
"I want to get the rural carriers
throughout the state Interested in
good roads, and to do it I have
offorcd a prbte of a rural mall de
livery wagon to the carrier sending
in to me the best letter telling of
tho need of good roads and accom
panied by a photograph of tho worst
piece of road he has to travel ovor,
showing the mall wagon in the plc
turo. Thoso will be available to the
press, llural carriers, and those on
star routes, In tho United States
travel over 400,000.000 miles a year.
Some districts are denied rural mail
Mtrvico because the roads are so
Itoor.
"I shall also offor a prizo later to
the farmer boys of- the statu who will
manufacture split log drags and use
them on a half mile or so of road,
and who will then write about their
experiences.
State's ProgrusH Cited.
"We havo progressed rapidly in
this state; wo havo good bunking
laws, good forestry protection, a good
railroad commission law, good laws
for fisli preservation, and good laws
conserving our water power. The
growth of Portland has been phe
nomenal, but the tlmo is coming
when tho city will become tophonvy,
and we can't ask the nowcomer to
go 'back to the land' If ho hasn't
roads ovor which to haul his pro
dllco to market after he has put forth
tho labor to raise It.
"I have traveled ovor most of the
roads of Oregon, and over many of
them on a saddle horse, because I
couldn't go over thorn with a wagon.
Whon ,my term expires I shall still
be ablo to go over them with a sad
dle horso, bocauso 1 havon't sold my
homos yet, although I couldn't af
ford an. automobile. So you seo I
ahull be ablo to put up with Oru
gou's poor roads Just us well as any
ono else."
Jim Flynn, That Pueblo Fireman,
Touted as a World Beater Hun
dred Thousand Offered for Match
at Albuquerque.
llasklus for health.
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Local Fans Looking Forward to
Match Between Buliblo Evans and
Young Dixon. Scheduled (or Next
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Tuesday.
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l.eeal Tims mm in Ihairgloiy er.-p
more tuul Hie Aiix.oiihIn uuaiitnu
Tuesduy night's Iiii.vIhk bouts at llu
Niiluliiriiim Atliletiu elub's Mim-ker.
ulueli troiuio lo lie (lie hcxt iii;tii
I boxinjj (he club liux eer stuped.
New taltmt ami new lutes will lie
seen. The eluli Iiiih seemed lb-bine
I'.wuih to mue Young )iuu m a to
rmiml bout us n ini4 in event. The
twi Ihi.nh Mo well known, Mviuts lnu
Hilt defeated the liest liuv !' he
weight in (lie imi'lliwesl and !r .
time ueled in l'acke.v Mel'iirhmd'
snnriiiiu iiarluer. Dison has d.uic
ihn uf liis lioiiufili the middle we. I
mill Iiuk held liin own against goed
men.
Several good fonr-iound prelim
liiniicx will pieeedo llie inuiu eent,
To iieeiiiiiiiindiite what should ln .
reeoid breakiuu house (lie large -kill- j
iK link tlilor of the ".Vut" will h-
ilseil.
Seats on sale al the N'lish hotel
Twfts a (laugovous cliff, aa thoy fi'Qoly con-
LVWuvti
ALKUQUKItgrK. X. f.. I-Vli. 10.
Pivdietiou that .liiti i'lyiin, the l'lieblo
llremiiu, would di-Me of ('limiiiion
Jack J(ihiuoii liv a knockout iu their
July battle v made today here li I
.lack Ciirley. manager f M.mih. t'ur
ley, who is promoting the a I lair, de
clared s that liitsines-. men of I .us
Yegns IihiI ol'lorwl him ?100.0t)U to
staae tho bout there. In disclosing
the eomintr innteh t'urley sHid:
"There is no doubt in my mind but
that Mynii will win. He has wu 1J
straight light ! am! has diswsfd of
every heavyweight of iuiHrtniiee ex
cept .lohiirtoii. Hviih jk a wonder
fully improved lighter, ami lie will
ffl
cuter the ring against the
weighing nearly '2(H) pouiid.-
negro i
1 doi
not believe Johnson would light if he
could get out of it, hut he must do ,
so to maintain hi reputation, which
is earning hiui .f-JOU weeklv "
UNIVERSALLY REQUIRED
The expression "You can bu it exerywhere" im uy aiiollier
way of sayiiij; "It is wanted everx where."
(iorhnm SiUerwai-e is Mauled eer where, and eoimcquentlv it
w far snh by jeweler everywhere. The one pionniliiiii is the
iiadirnl eorollarv of the other.
(iorhnm Siherwaiv is I lie lending itilverwnro of Uiih couiiIm,
nml the lending jewelcrn tif this eoiintry are nalui'iilly llie mu
through whom the dnnainl is expressed.
CONSIDER THESE THREE FACTS!
I''irl: Then t- no city or town of any sue in tho thlltvil States
where you cannot buy (lorliam SlUorwiire of jewelerx.
SeeeHilly: It costs no umre than other olid silverware and
often the )riee are lowrr than those asked for wan if lens merit.
Thinlly: (Sorham Sil.eiware i alwas available wherever u
may lie, and pirn--, alieadv owned can be matehed or milled to.
Iiok for the tradtni.uk
MARTIN J. REDDY
THE JEWELER
Near Postottlce
Mod ford
Uaaklns for hoaltu.
In connection with
our complete line
of feed and poultry
supplies, we have
added a complete
line of
WHIPS
for retail and whole
sale trade
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Though to walk uonr its orost wan ho
iHousant,
But ovor its torviblo ocIko thoro has slippod
A duko and full many a pouannt.
So thb )co)lo said .somothivg would havo to
bo dono,
And thoir projects did not at all tally.
Some said, "Put a feuco round ,Uio odjro of
thooliff."
Somo, "An ambulance down in tho val
ley." "For tho cliff is all right if you'ro careful,"
thoy said,
"And if folks ovon slip or arc dropping
"It isn't tho slipping that liurtn thorn so
much
As tho shock down below whon thoy'ro
stopping."
Thou an old sago romarked, "It's a marvol
to mo
"That people givo far moro attontion
To repairing rosults than to stopping tho
cauao,
Whon thoy'd much hotter aim at pro von
tion.
(Acknowlt'dtfiiH'iils lo llio author)
Watch tho paper ovory day, Fact you want.
That's all wo advortiao. Now idea. JNTaw
methods.
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on Lincoln's Birthday amu'versai'v, evening of b'ok
12th, at iloose hall, lill) West ilain St.. Knl.ortaiu
nient, anl relieHhinentK will he provided by (ho com
mittees. All Illinois people are cordially invitefl,
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