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Medford Mail Tribune
FOUR PARTS
32 PAGES
NEW YEAR'S
EDITION
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MBDKOKI), OUI'XION, WM)KSIJ. Y.J.l.WAUY 1, 11)111. " r i'i. .. r i... ij .wn.jiT, iw,,. tr,.,-,-.
NO. 24 1.
MANY LINES MADE IN 1912
Medford and the Rogue River Valley Sleadilydvanced During the Past Year -Coming Year Bright With Promise
f UNIH! MAUL
STEADY GROWTH
IN PAS! YEAR
Nineteen Humlieil Thirteen Finds
City Well In Advance of Year Ao
Growth Steady and Atonu Sane
Lines Many Forward Strps Tnken
Ytar Just Closlnn Was One Drvoted
to "Unllnlihed Business" Future
Is Hrlfihl.
NlHrtoc.ii hundred thirteen Mud
Mmlfnnl mouritly upon her way to
ward rlvlo upreuuiey of tin Urge
area lylnic between Portland on Hut
north Hnil Hucrniiiiinlo on tin- ntuilli
In the yeur Jintl cloned aim tinti made
a !nd) mill certain K'onth. poMlhly
it Htoro lumllli)' oil" than Otnl of
three year ko when the fit) grew
U tf lljr magic. Ilio rottr r.M2 win
IIIIK (I'Tlltml to HIlfllllHllMtl hllnlltOlK
ninl (or mi' flrl tlnii In llw wm
her sin-Mi itml hI!h)ij were cleared.
Invrni mill parking undertaken In
.tort Hit jttiw completed no Unit tb
illy looked more iflwlniitlnl
lint imnttM during lull hum
liiNrl.otl. N''w tH I lit In k wore r-reel-
ml, rro alrri'U were paled to roil
lirel long (OHliiliti paved illlttllK III
rnli. water ninl ewcr nuiliu I.1I1I ho
urt to ruiiiiil out n complete xyninm,
Hllll lllilHy things IHT.U'l'li'il lirCIIIIH'
of human limitation lo do till IhltifcH
nt unco, attended to. Mcdfitrd I n
liiMliT, clc.inor, mute healthful nml
more cntufnrlnuto plnce In which to
live, Ih'wiuho of It 1 3 nml It niton-
lllltl tl) ' IlllfltlUllI'll lllltllieM."
.Niiiniimt')' SiuprMng
A retrospective vh'w of tint iiiimy
iVHiita ami milestones of proeriM
which mnrk tlm jcar li'li so far ax
Modioli! nml the Itoguo rl.er valley
urn coueoriiod, prow MtirprlMug
Pronri litis been 11 1 11 ilp in tnr line
of einloator whlls tin promise of f i
lurn u brlghmr, more alluring limn
nor. Not iiiirn has Mcdford's faith
In hertwlf or the fnturi' of thn ml
lit) which surrounds Imr boon shaken
nml now as llio pendulum of time
swings back to It yearly starting
point, nn era of groat advancement
nml iioKnitlty, Ik mien :it tlm Vcr)
iwitcM of the city.
Tlm building nethily In the city
continued Hiroimlioiit llio yinr with
IImiiiiImo of iniii)) mw Htrui'turi'M ilur-
liiK I'JKi. contract hclnc lot for 11
nninlicr of tliom. Hivrnl IiiihIiichu
IiIocI.h wore cnniplntml, uhllo .Mcil
fonl tmnocliilly rnjolccil to ct opera
tliiim Hlnrt on tlu urcctlon of 11 hiiml
Hiiino i1u Iioiihi. to rcplncu tlin Imm
IIKc Mlructiiro which Mtrvcil for o
ninny inr.
liiiptilvi'iiicnlN ('mil IiiihmI
City Improvements rontlnneit nil
throiiKh thn ycur. HtroclH Imlni! plncm!
In kooiI comlltlon for truffle after
ImvliiK heeit ileniornlUeil for threo
yiiirn with tho laying of rlc
nmliiH, piivementH nml the lllo. Worlt
wiih Miirtcil on u ImmUome new con
crelo lirhlKu over Hear creek on Main
Htreut while a bridge. Hpanuuil tlm
creek nt Jncmiu catiuectliiK the clty'K
loiiKCHt honliivard.
Mndford'8 IiuhIumk hotiBe report
tmtlMfuctlon at thu miinnur In which
trado wiih maintained. Lower nteH
liromlMo to uphiilld Medford h it
JulihltiK conlnr nml now hnnlneH
Ikiiihoh are he I hi; openud and wel
comed. Now wllh the HtartliiK of a new
year iu'OiiiIhph are made of Internrlmn
trolley linen and inllroad cniiHtruc
Hon.
The valley ilurliw tho pant ear
Iiiih harveHted IIh luruost fruit crop
and orchardlHtH fared well. Fruit
Ireea ludlcalo n linuntlful yield In
11) III.
I'nijU'i'KH Iiiih lieim inn do In linen
iihIiIu from IhihIiicbh and dovelopmeut
Morn attention In 1913 woh paid to
education, uultiire and soclnl ml
vnncoinent. .In addition yita saw
Hiuiltury cnniUtlnim In tho city het
tmed and u" (ecreitHo In llio death
rate. In fact, In nil Hiiuh, lOia saw
profireHH u clty( and valloy,
In fttct, front ovory nook and cor
9r of tho county coiuo stories of
pronruHu, of dovolopmont, and Uiobo
utisur well for 1U13.
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FOR RAILROADS
NOW AT HAND
Nineteen Hundred Thirteen Finds
Railroad and Trolley Lino Con
struction in This Section at Hand
Transportation Is Keynote.
Franchises Are Askrd of City for
Electric Lines and Railroad Build
Inn Is AsMirrd.
Tlm ru of railroad and elertrle
trolley Hue detetopmunl U now iion
Meilforil nml Houthern nreiton. Tho
0miiIiii: of the enr 1 9 1 n flmln four
rnllromlH with n Mflli one rumored
--nml llin liiterurhnii trolley llmm
with Mi'ilfnnl an their tenter pro-
Jeuti'd. In addition lo lln a third
tiolley line, the l)re;ou lllectrle. U
trrclwl to rutich Mi'dfoul h) the in.1
of the ytwr
Itnllrotttl coimiructlnu talked or In
rllliliM thn eMeimlou of the I'liclfle ,V
Hiinifrii ut inent termliiiitluK at
Mlltle FiiIIn to the eimtiau Hide of l i
Cinonde wlii-rn It U lo rouiirct wMi
tho OreRini Trunk, now npcmtei
lar hi 1 11 III ax lleud; the ImllitluR uf
the Medford ami Orrwent Clij mil
roiul. which In now Muk Hiirveynl:
tlm Paclfli' Interior to lie coiiKlrurl-d
liotwecn (iniiilM I'aiet ami Crenrcnt
City atom; Hie lm of the Drnper Kiir
ver anil whlrhtitt coniiwt 'Willi M?M
ford by the rotiMructlon or n 3D Vu
Hpur; ami Hie KiikIo t'olnt-llnmlon
line wlilcii Ih now blni mirvccd -mt
reported in n iiiiint hopeful comllll in
In Addition lo tticfie 11 niKlerl' 'i
HurveliiK parly Ih In the IiIIIh kuiiIIi
Went of Medford headed for Hie
Kin ninth Itlver en Id to bo n Could
outfit. Little Ik known Iiiiw.-mt, o'
the IhnI uiiiiiimI.
(iiKlern Cnlitierlloii
The l'aclfle & I'nHtern nil'rwd
now coiiHtructed iiorllieaot from Mml
ford to Unite I'iiIIh, lm ;iiireai tor
mliinl. It Ih projected and nurvred
lo etOHH the liiniiMelim to coii-.cei
with the OreKou Triml whle!) will
KUo Medford on eanteru couiiueaial
nmd. Work Ih expected to heme on
the ehiHliiK or thlM Knp In the Niri"K.
During Hut Hummer iiKlt.iHou
Htnrted In .Mi'ilfnnl for 11 rnllioml to
the lllue I.edKe copper mine -tl'-
KrenteHt In the weal. TIiIh iikII'iIIoh
ciilintnated In the orKuulxntlon of n
local rallro.nl romimuy known n the
Medford and Crescent City railroad
company ami a Hue planned to t'Oe
water from Medford. Money wnr
HiibHcrlbed for a nurvey nml a new
Ih now lit the field loontlnc, the Hue.
The outlook Ih lirlnht for Its con
Htructlon.
Another Hue to the coHt Ih plan
ned by (IniutH Puna aloim the lino of
the Drnper nurvey. A branch road
:iO milt In loiiKlh will connect Med
ford with this Hno should It be built.
The Cncle-Polnt-Ilamlon road In
now Mm mirvoKd. Thin Ih mild
lo bo an extension of the Pacific A
KiiHtern to the coant. ThU Hue now
conncctH with Medford.
(Continued on l'ai;o 3)
Many New Business Houses Planned
With splendid proiircsa made dur
Iiik tho year 10 12, which camo to
an end liiHt ovenliiK. In all Hiich of,
developmunt mid bUBluesu In Mod
ford nd the Hokuo river valley,
ri'HldutH of city and valley nro to
dii) ready to tnlto up tho work
hroiiKht to hand by l'JKI and with
innowud vlnor nml couniKO, liasuil on
the pant, continue to build a city
where a few abort yearn ao i;row
chaparel uumoleHted by thn ploucer'H
axe, and develop Intent resources, ho
abundant In valloy mid 011 hill.
Thn yenr 1912 woh mUlHfactory In
many reiipeutB although It wiih a year
devoted to tho completion ot "un
finished buHliiuHH.' Tho year saw
city HtrooU Ioiik blockod with mortar
mid brick oleoarod and moto atten
tion kIvou to cmnplatlng work Htart
ml, In coiiBcijiionco Medford took
time to catch hoc breath nml now
Mutt and Jeff Wish
WE A I N'T
IOTr"!-!:
qiv e you ALL
SULZER NOW NEW
AI.HANY. K. Y.. .Inn. 1. Former
('nnj:re.-.uiiiii Williiiiu Sulur wus .in
iuiurntcd uovernor of New York
here today, the ceriunonitM hclitR
innrkcit by nn entite nliM'iieo of dU
play. "I mix 11 plain mnn," Sulxor lold
the imiiiKuriit committee, "mid I w-flnt
my iuiuiurutinii to he us simple nml
uuoHtcutnlintit us pos-iLtf,"
Mix rcitftrtt uk liccdtid.
Suieer delivered hU iiiniiKtirHl nd
dress from (lie enpilol steps uk tlinu
niiuiIh were unnlile to ;uin udmittnmHi
lo the liuildiui;.
The Rovernor'rt voice wns stvjjjjg
ei.oujjliif loo, lo carry to the oiit
wkirls of he crowd.
with tho advent of the new year tako
up with renewed vlor the work of
bulldliiK n city,
HulldliiK operations totaling more
than a quarter of n million dollars
nro planned for ltia In tho city of
Medford. Tlumo bulldliigH will In
elude a $100,000 federal building,
a ITn.OOO Hlk temple, a JKO.OOO
MOHonlo tomplo, a :in,000 theater,
n $2n,000 bonded warehouse ami a
iiumbor of other tmsliiusa blocks.
Work on these bulldlngis will start
during tho yenr, mot or them In the
Bprlug. 'llio outlook for building In
dicates that Medford'H, building ora
which roHiiltod In tho expenditure
of R000,000 for now bulldliigH dur
ing tho jiagt four yours is to continue
unabated.
A largo number of now IuihIucbh
Iioubos aro planning to Invade. Med
ford early In thn now year which In
elude n number of jobbing bouaoa
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EXECUTIVE
Everybody a Happy
QOT
BUT WJ-L.
HEAVY STORM IS
CHECK 10 TRAFFIC
SKATTI.i:, .Inn. l.-KiKhleeii feet
of Htinw in the I'n.sendc.
Tniffio on Xoiilieru l'neifie.5iuid
Client Northern mid Chicago, Milwmi
kue mid l'uet Sound lines dcmornl
i.-d.
Kloiuls on Siiolininioh river drive
fnrmri fiu lowlundK.
Two men deml nj. n result of the
explosion of 11 snowplow.
This i tho New YeurV xitiintion in
the noithwukt today ns the result of
11 fio duyn ftorin. wliieli was follow
ed this morning by free.inj went her
throughout the btnte. .
1'nt.bcnger trains nre lenvinj: on
sehedulo time today, hut tho officials
are not proini-iin; how soon they will
get through the mountains.. West
bound trains due in Seuttlo yesterday
in:iv get in nomeliino before night.
The (Iron I Northern which escaped
sei ions difficulty during the fiit
four days of the slorm wns lined hit
yesterday, mul may not lie nblo to
move freight for 11 week owing to
slides. The Milwaukee line is still
blocked by the nvnlauehe which bur
ied n ft eight train near Lnconiu.
CONTINUE TO FIGHT
HKI.0RADK, Jan. 1. -Continued
fighting uroiiud Suutnri between
Montenegrins mid Servians one one
Hide mid Turkish troops on tho other
ih reported in n dispatch received
hero today from Alessio. The Turks,
tho vcpoil said, were driven uoio
(lie Dtin river utter losing cihl linn
died nicif.
New Year
ls'
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PEACE ENVOYS ARE
UNABLETOAGRE
LONDON. Jan. 1.--After heim? in
scaioii an hour and a half without
coming to any ngrcemeiit, (lie Htilkan
mid Turkish ponoo cuom iiiljotirued
their conference here todny, tippar
ently ns fnr ns ever from tin under-
ktNlldillg.
It i believed to be prehahle that a
fonnnl ending of the negotiations is
near. The allies nro ind-tont on the
cession of Mneeiloiiia mid Salonika
and nro believed likely to break off
nil negotiations unless tho Turks
ooiiM their dilatory tactics.
To Consider Franchise Thursday
For the purpose of considering tho
application ot the M, I. Mluuey
Realty Company of Oakland, Oil.,
for a trolley Hue franchise in tho
city, tho council will hold n special
session Thursday evening. A spe
cial session was held Tuesday after
noon for that purpose hut postponed
owing to a request also being re
ceived from V, S. Ilnrnuni, owner of
tho Hogiio Hlver Valley railroad
company for a frnnclijuo. After a
short session an adouruinent was
taken until Thursday night.
The Mlnney company Is applying
for n franchise putting up a $2500
certified check to start actual con
struction work within 90 days and
complete 10 miles ot toad within
eight months. They own -1000 acres
of land In tho valloy nml bollovo that
a trolley Huo Is essential to the pro
per development and sale of theso
tracts In small holdings,
llai'iiuin's Claim
Unrnum.'a application was made
suddenly, lie bused his claim on 20
Iii!i
YOUNG AT FRISCO
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SAN FRANCISCO, dan. l.-The
effect of a combination of inleiv-h
by which the Hill line.', mnv enter
San Frnncico and the Witerti Pa
cific railroad tup Portland., Oregon,
i the rea-oii as-igned today fur the
presence here of Joseph II. Young,
prosideut of the Hill lines in Oregon 1
and the Spokane, Portland mid Seat
tle railroad. The plan is Miid to in
volve the joint noqni-.itiim of the
Neuida, California nml Oregon road,
which connects with tho Western Pa
oifie nt Doyle, Nevada, connecting it
with the Oregon Trunk, now operat
ing to Rend, in Cent nil Oregon.
years' residence hero and offered to
meet any proposition tho Mlnney
company might mnke saying ho
would build "as needed." Tho mat
ter will bt disposed of on Thursday
night.
"It was Medford's paved streets,
city Improvements and Its air of
wide-awako ptogresslveness, thnt
first attracted us," states Charles S.
Morse, secretary ot tho M, p. Mlnney
Realty company, which by way Is 0110
of tho largest of Its ktud In - tho
west. "W liked the city and bo
llovo that It will grow many times Its
present slzo. So wo Invested hero In
4000 acres of land.
"Wo are planning for tho future.
Wo bollovo in doing things 011 a
broad, first-class, big scale. Wo
plan to spend not less than ? 1,000,
000 of outside money hero for de
velopment, bring In peoplo and In
dustries nml help provide payrolls.
"Transportation is tho key to tho
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ON RAILROAD DEA
1SI13 HtARTILY
GREETED OVER
ENTIRE WORLD
Celebralors at New York Llnrjcr In
Restaurants Until Lonfj After Day
llflht Thousands of Dollars Worth
of Plate Glass Is Shattered.
iChlcano's Celebration Is Wildest Hriii. -
In Years Portland Has Success
ful Celebration.
KKW YORK. Jan. .1. Colchrators
Of- the iHeomin- IDL'I Rill I tlintn-cd
the rumtmiraHt of the minor tender
loin an hour after iliirfjjlit (dm inr
ninjr. It is cxtimiilPtl Unit rt.OOO.IlOO
New Yorkers welcomed the yenr in
the MrveK tlianture nml retHuniiit.i
of the mt'lrniMill-j, of wltoni eighty
thoiHtiiiil SKtit; in the park nml
I Hiiunrtt.
rnt xmuoiit'', tour miooiiu, one
nihility, thirty e:iow of iieulo jilr
Imliitm ami Illh) urreotH wvn the eon?
trihtitiou of IiDoilluinfi to the fcxtivi-iiu-.
TIioiwiiiuIh of ilollurH worth of
plute ylnr-rt ni (iiokvii jis Hie eiionu
fliu crowd MincM up nml dun 11
llromlwnv.
Noblemen Creuletl ,
LONDON, Jan. 1. New Year's
gifts in tho ahftpo of two poermjes,
.cveii Imronelcies tuul-ciBhtiVirkniglil'
hootln nre conferred here today, ac
cording to etisfnm, tiie-njivardsitho-hiff
monopollzi'd by government offf
rials, inanitfiiotiirerH nml merchant'.
The nrtfi, literature ntnl Ihe ffugfl
were ignored entirely.
h Wild In Chicago
CHICAGO. Jan. 1. Thtt New
Year's celebration here wiw the wild
ot in years, morn Hutu 100,000 eele
hrntor staying in tint downtown
unfes until daylight. There wan
much rowdyism mid 3fl0 reform in
vo.sl!gitors eourod ovidMico of many
too-gv s(one, which will he iied
in mi effort to impcuuh city officials.
Success at Portland
PORTION"!). Jan. L Tho city h
today onierjring from the afterglow
of the most Hiiooosaful New Year's
oe celebration it low over witnessed,
Uv 11) o'eloek there w jmt a a
mint neat in tho prwiniuil ewfes, while
every nviiihihte hull in towm was till
oil with dtuicers hhiI uwrr.nnakor
throughout thu cvouiut.
With David Ili.dmiii ns soloist, a
choir of one tuunnil voiuos, stnrted
11 concert at 10 o'clock in the busi
ness ditnot mid this was hugely eu
joyed by thousands who joined in (ho
song.
UNION MEN RECEIVED .
AT U. S. PENITENTIARY
FORT T.KAYF.NWORTU. Kmis.,
Jan. 1 The thirty-three union moil
convicted nt Indmuupolis of unlaw
fully transporting dynnmite, arrived
nt the federal penitentiary hero nt 7
o'clock this morning on tho "dyna
mite special." The trip wna without
incident. The men immediately be
gun borviug their sentences.
BRIDGE FALLS; TRAIN
PLUNGES INTO STREAM
, M r m t
Hl'NTINOTON. W. Vn., Jan. 1.
Collapsing under prossuro of high
water, a temporary bridge precipitat
ed a freight train on the Chesapeake
mid Ohio railroad into (lie Ouymi riv
er Hour here early today, kijlipg F.n
giueer S. Webber mid iiijuriig four
others. Four perxous are also miss
ing. FLEET LEAVES TO MEET
BRITISH CRUISER NATAL
NEW YORK, Jan. 1. tinder tin?
command ot Admiral Ite(lnkd' tho
squardoii of wurnhlps detailed to
tailed to meet the llrltlsh Orulser
Natal, which Is bringing homu ( the
body of Whltolaw Rold, left here to
day for tho meeting station off Nan
tucket Shoals lightship.
No wireless has yet boon received
from tho Natal,
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