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purposo of nmliliiK It liuivllk, Mild
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mwii lr 'i.nr i.purtttiHtii nr '
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nml liulil trad. .
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liiiKliiiitt man uf iIih tlt;
nn,llo.l Niili, the piurtsor holol
Of ttio-olty loaMmioa to hold It own
wltli to tvxio. detiiilt'- "i flirt I hut
Mmlfofd In 1i In-H equipped clly
nf Itii Mini In Orf'KOii In point of lit)
loin, During I (ill tw'u Inrito. flrst
utfTftH liuti'ln wern nmiiil4t(il- Urn
Mi'dford mnltlm Holland nml Illomi,
iiloxnmly fittiMi, rnimi n.md unut
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llinii when luck nf nreninmnilHtlone
ilniVo iinoplii In acnlt nIkiIIhi' In ii"ftr
by towns Ih now In lhi punt.
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unit n)iinil Miily In Hi') fall of ll'lj
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piitrnimno n ih iu nuinlrn itra linn
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ntntiltiiila of Mwlfpnl for tint man who
llndr.i.'oil nml niinlu li potmlblo.
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tnMrnl ollim nro In operation In the I
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11 Denominations Represented in City
liulil Mollautl, n lUMiilltiilly 1 InUhcil nml I'limlnlicil lln-tclry
Uni of thu chief factor In thu ad
anrciiiciit nnd lHttermtnt' of thr
city of Medford has been tlio (Ircator
Med ford club, the tnomborablp of
which Inoludas alt of tho prominent
woram In tho city. Now with tho
rrantliiR of tbt tranohls In Oregon
tho club trlJI beoomea more Influcn
t'al body than over.
Tho (Jrontor Mcdfonl club Is an
organization of wonion that cxIstH for
'io iiurpoio of ntif rl civic Improve
nrnt nnd front its beginning has
uutlrluRly bonl Its onorglea In tho
dircttloti of the "city beautiful
Tho club btgah Itt labors at n tinio
when thure wero no many pro'dems
of 8trH't, of draliiuKe. of lighting
nnd generally providing for this
rapidly crowing city, that their ro
operation with tna tidmlnUtrntlon
.m grnuftfaly welconio,; at a tlnm.
indeed, whim tho p runout clly parte
was a potato patch; nnd It In largt
1' Jio to tbla club that tho park Is
now what It In. and that many rows
o' young nhado trcoa now lino our
c '. . I'or thrco or four years the
r'uu managed and maintained tho
1 1 ublic library.
Itecontly tho club was divided Into
departments which Includo civics.
dimeatlc n-lence, culture and tho
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Mdfcrd "is Well supplied wltb
1 churches eleven denominations being
represented. which oro Dapttit.
Christian, Christian Solonce. RpUoo-
imt. Lutheran, Methodist Episcopal.
Frco Mothodlit. Methodist South.
Presbyterlnn, Itoman Catholic and
Stventh Day Adveutlst.
All of tho denominations nro com
fortably housed, tho Christian
etuirih just completing u splendid
new church of bungalow design which
conforms with tho stylo of archi
tecture in that bvctlou of the city
whoro it Is located. Anions other
niw buildings is that of the Chris
tian Scientists which is of handsome
nnd striking design. The presbyter
Ion and Methodist Episcopal churches
were recently enlarged, while St.
Marie's Episcopal church Is planning
the erection ot a largo new stono
building in tho rear ot their- storo
block completed somo time ago.
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Thoro nro tlirco potnts In tho gnmu
of municipal wntor supply: Qunnlly,
qunllty nnd emit. Mod ford won on
till tli r no points.
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finally, tho total coHt of tho gravity
portion wns $32,000 less than thu
IIIOO.OOO allowed,
An lxsiu or $30G,000 of bonds
wan nuthorlxml In May, 1008, of
which $05,000 watt to bo used for
cunt-Iron pipe within tho city propor
for dUtrlbtitlou, hydrnuta nnd nccoii
boi'Ios, nml $300,000 wan u I lowed for
the gravity supply nnd reservoir.
Tho citizens of Medford may woll
bo proud of tholr w-ntor supply. No
bettor witor Is furnished any city In
tho stato.
Tho supply la ndequnto for 20.000
pooplo without restrictions, nnd fig
urod upon such nvorages as apply In
tho mlddlo woat, tho quantity dally
dollvorod to tho distributing rcsenolr
go n little lower and gn- Hy systems
Is sufficient for 25.000 to 30.000
people.
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teresting to nolo that tho nvorago
cost of 11 munelpal water supply for
oltlos of this class U net far from
$50 pur capita, l'uniplng nystums
a llltlo higher. Medford's grAl'y
supply lti cost less thnu $K0 per
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of pros nt population, and 1 stiff Iclont for thrice tho present pop-1 is among tho lowest of tho town
It Is known that tho upp). lu illation tho Indebtedness per capita having n system as good as ours.'
Medford as a Jobbing Center '
(liy II. 0,'annuitt.) '
Moilfonl'H possibilities n n Job
bug center mo just na Hploudld and
good an itny city olty over hn.it.
No other scopo of country In tho
United States, uh gront tm that lay
lug hotweeu Portland ami Snrramou
now roiunltiH open without n Jobbing
point, nnd If Medford liml luTon given
tlio rocogultloii silo should luivo hud,
not loka than ten largo wholesale
houses would have their location In
Medford,
If yq wero on an oven foulng as
mlddlo west cltloa nro to each otiior,
wo could with n- fnlr profit, distri
bute nu far north uh ltusohurg, us
far youth an Nodding, Cnl thu whulo
of Klamath county, mid to all tho
mountulua towuu west of uh.
Capital In rendy, mon of oxporlouro
nro toady, tho poluta mentiouod nbove
uro ready, but Portland and tho
So ti thorn Paclflo railway nro nut
ready, ami, until wo cm have ft mil
ium! commission who will wiirk for
tho peoplo Instead of favored locali
ties or until our courts can soo be
yond tho limits of Portland, our
dreniUH ot being n successful Job
bing eouter nro only drumuB,
Utmohurg could mall nrdem on No.
13 which rvucheu Medford nt 10:30
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a. 111. Thosu orders filled nnd
shipped tho somo day and early tho
nuxt morning bo In Hosoburg, 2-t
hours, whllo tho host they can do with
Portland Is throo times u long, Wo
could get goods out of Medford to
KIninuth Fa II 3 In 21 hours whllo It
takes n whole weok out of Portland.
Tho mmuo would hnppon from Sacra
mojtto. , .,
Jobbing- centem aro always cities,
or noqn.grow to bo such, Fifty years
aim Ktimwa Olty wna.- only n
whistling Btntlou with u.fow cross
road Htoroa, today alio is tho largest
distributing clly In tho United States,
having growu from n vlllngp to n city
of over 500,000 population. She b.e
r:mo so without any wntor com
petition, having only tho Missouri
river, and It miYlgnblo part of tho
year. Clnclnnattl, Ohio and Indiana
polls and both large wholesale con
tors with nothing but rail competi
tion, Medford would nnd' could
grow to be a very largo city If tho
gateways! wero opeued and- tho op
portunity clvou,
With the first trnln that rolls tho
Jlool to tide water will come at least
a half dozen wholesale houses, then
wo could go into Portland's limits
and do business, but wo may not ex
pect theso thlnKS to como tous with
out a struggle, hut in tho near futu'ro
wo think' these conditions will pre
vail and Medford ta'.co on nuothor
growth and' climb to bo tho Bccoud
city iu tho state. It will tnko n lot
ot hard work and eoiuo money to
jiluco Medford In a position to become
a Jobbing ccuter aud tUo'publlc uecd'
not got ularniod when thoy.ar.o.atkail
to hojp with thfs runttor, for It will
ho broad cast upon th water to re
turn a hundred fold, Portland U
now making her last fight UKalaat
us and has In a measure and tor a
time checked us, but the spirit that
drovo emigration across the desert t,o
Inhabit thin tho garden spot ot Jtae
earth, will-not easily Jtedown, but
will cqntinuo until we vt that whlek
Is our Just dues 'hud that, la rat eiw
as to mako Medford'' a prrUwa
Jobbing umtr, ' ' " 'T'