Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 04, 1913, SECOND EDITION, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Textlli&ii$ ,fW H . fcxfciiirorm Bedford maid trtbunk frnsnFORT), qriwqn, ttJuiusnAY, swiri'iBM-man i. Mia. J i i- ($" I K w Ibdford Mail tribune Xt ',T'".' AN 1NI)I2I'ENIJI?NT. NISU'M'APlilt l'UDI.lMIKl) HVKIIY AKT15UNOON J8.NUKIT HUNDAY 11V Till: MKOKOIUJ l'ltlNTlNU CO. The Ucmcvcrntlo Tlmon, Tlio Jtcdfonl Mull. Tlio MciKnnl Tribune. The. Mouth cm OrcRnntnn. Tlio Anhlaml Tribune. Offlc .Mnll Trlliunrt Ilutttllntr. :5-2T-S9 Norlli l'lr ntrcr t; iclopliunc 76. orriclnl Paper of tlio City of MctUord. Offlt'lnl rnper of JnckMon County. Ol:01tai: PUTNAM, Dtlltor ami MntMmr COST TO THE PARMER. A CORRESPONDENT from the Eagle Pointy section, lacked the courage of his convictions sufficiently to sign liis name, writes protesting the road bond issue, saying: Kti In nil nil Mpconil-flAiu nuitter nt M ell for il. Orrson. under tlio net uf March 8, 1S7. ' BUBBORXPXXOJf KATSB. Onn vr hi-, hv mull . .. ..... IS. 00 Ono month, by nmll. . . . . .50 IVr month, delivered by carrier In Moilfonl, Jnchnonvlllo nnd Con tnil Point. - - .80 HiilnnUv onlv. bv mull, nor year.. . 2.00 WeoUly, per yonr i .. 1.60 BWOKH CX1ICT7X.ATX02T. Rally nvorngri for olovrn months end ing NoVctnlwr SO, 1911, 1751. SIMS WAGES PUZZLES STAIE SALARY PROBE PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. . Un nblo to reach an agreement as to what should constitute tho minimum wago nnd hours ot employment of women stenographers and office workers In tho city of Portland, tho committee nppointod by tho utato Industrial wolfaro commission, and consisting of representatives of tho employes, em ployers, tho public and tho commis sion, will hold a second session Sep tember 7. In the Interim each mem bor of tho committee will Individual y Investigate tho cost of living and conditions surrounding tho employ ment of women offico workers. A suggestion that J9.25 a week, tho samo wago established for women employes of morcantllo houses bo rec ommended as tho minimum, was corn batted by Father O'llura, represent ing tho wclfaro commission, who maintained that offico workers had to rlotbo themselves more expensive ly than clerks. "This far oft district must help pay for n rond far nway, when it needs a road so badly nt homo to gut produce to ntnrkot. "Tho road in tho valley I a flno thing for thu country, but wo need rands to get to It, Our increased land valuation is no benefit to the far mer if ho has to pay taxes for the mltomoblllst when ho cunnut get any whero In tho winter with his horses and wngon. "llivo tho farmer what ho needs. Four-fifths of tho voters aro along tho proposed route but arc four fifths ot the taxpayers and four fifths of tho taxable property? "Qivo us roads and plenty of them nnd let each district fix Its own. This is talked In outlying districts. "BackJPrecinct" Voter Urges United Vote for Good Road Bonds .i YAKIMA SEEKING $1 5.000 FOR BLIGH I It is unfortunate that wo cannot improve all county roads at the same time. Hut the state contribution hedges us with limitations regarding highway indebtedness. We can, however, make a beginning, and it should be made where it will benefit the greatest number, that is, between centers of population. Lateral lines to connect with the main highway will come after its construction, but the main line must be con structed first. The sooner the trunk line is built, the quicker will the laterals follow. The money spent on the maintenance of this road now, will then be available for the more distant roads. The fanner is benefited more than the automobilist by the highway, for it effects a direct reduction in the cost of the transportation of Ins produco and supplies, The in tcrests of the fanner and automobilist are identical. "What benefits the one, benefits the other. Indeed, tho autoist is really the farmer s best friend, tor ho is the agitator ot good roads. Besides the farmer is rapidly becoming tho automobilist, and with the promised reduction in the price of autos, every fanner will soon be the owner of one. The fanner is not the greatest taxpayer. The bulk of the taxes are paid by the timber owners, who reside out side the state, by the cities, by the Southern Pacific, California-Oregon Power Company, and other foreign cor porations. The farmer, orehardist and arable land owner only pavs about 2o per cent of the taxes. In rough figures, the assessed valuation of Jackson County is $30,000,000. The timber is assessed at $11,000,- 000, the cities of Medford and Ashland at $9,000,000, the farms, orchards and arable lands, improvements and live stock, $9,500,000, the railroad, power companies and smal ler towns, $0,500,000. Thus nearly half the taxes or the comity ore paid by the non-resident and the fanner gets the benefit. Each district can fix its own roads if it wants to by voting special road levies, but only a few districts have done so, and only in one or two localities have the farm ers voted to fix their own roads, and the anonymous let ter writer docs not live in a district that so voted. To llto IMiter: I want to nay words to tlio voters of the linek pro uiuets eoneorniiig tlio epeclnl election to bo lielil September I) for tlio pur pose of issuing bonds to lite amount of $,"00,01)0 to build ono petmuiii'iil rond (n hoettoii oC tlio groat l'ltrlfto Highway.) 1 heliovo tlio building of ihU ronil lo bo of great iuipoi lance nnd if built will be of iuestiinu bene fit to tho whole country mid I nm confident the measure will receive n majority vote in every precinct, though 1 uinlerstnnd there nro some voter in tho back prcoineU who ob ject to ilie measure for tlio renson that Hie wliolo fund to bo expend ed on one road nnd it located llirmigli the most populous section of tho county. Now 1 think Hint S one very strong point in fnvor of the "measure. Why not build one uood 'pcnunncnl road 'noross the county located where it will be of the most benefit to tho greatest number. Wo certainly w:lit nnd must have the Vncifio hlgliwny pass through our county nnd we of the back precincts will derive neatly uh much lieuofii from Hitch u roatl na will those resid ing in the niiilu valley nnd along tho lino of snld ronil. Tlimn is hardly nuy end to what might bo said in fa vor of this rond, hut 1 will write only briefly and siiv further that us n In- Vol proposition uloue the rond will ho of immense heuufit to nil sections of the county. Of tho multltiillo of tourists who will annually pnss over Hie routl many will make sido trips into I he hack precincts nil of which have much of interest to nttract. Now let Us all take a hroad view of thu sit uation ami work together for ihls most desirable peruinueut road mid trust that many others will follow. V of the hack districts nmy well bo proud of our beautiful valley, tho fine farms nnd otehnrds, tho splen did cities mid towns nnd they in turn nre deeply interfiled in our do velopnient nnd prosperity. Very truly yours, S. H. AIKEN. l'rosiwet, Sept. 1, liHJI. Tuesday, November 18, Nation-Wide Day to Eat King Apple Money to Loan I havu tho agency of I ho Holland Mort gage Company, who aro loaning money on improved city and ranch properly. Their inspector will be hero lo pass upon applications next week. All thouo desiring Mo borrow money should have applications filed by Thursday, September !. H. S. STINE Room U, Stewart .Block How the Bend Issue Looks to Portlanders KOKTII YAKIMA, Wash., Sept. 3. riio lakuna commercial club gov erning board lnbt night added its in fluence to that of tho Ynkiraa Valley Business Men's Association in the at tempt to get n county appropriation of $15,000 for fighting the jwnr blight. A resolution was adopted urging tho county commissioners to make tho appropriation, and the following t-ommittco was named to wait iikmi the commissioners, with committees from thu other two bedies: James Leslie, A. IJ. Fossccn, Robert Mor gan, It. u. Sinclair nnd . .. Schroedcr. 11. C. Sinclair was elected first vice president of the club to Till the vncanoy created by tho recent elec tion of James Leslie as president. A. B. Fossccn was named second vice-president, and Phil Dittcr was elected n member of the governing board. Tho other vacancy on the board was left until tho next meet ing. FRENCH PICK SITE FOR 1915 FAIR EXHIBIT SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4. Tho French commissioners to select tho bito for France's exhibit at the 1015 Panama Pacific exposition, arrived hero today and were met at the fur ry by Consul General Monett nnd an exposition reception committee. This uftcrnoiiii tho commissioners will ho lect tho site which is to he dedicated Suturdny. Tho exposition committee will tender it bamiucl to tho visitors this evening nt the Fairmont hotel. JAPANESE KILLED BY CHINESE TROOPS AT NANKIN (From tho Portland Journal.) Jackson county will vote next Tuesday on tho Issuanco ot $500,000 of road bonds for tho construction of Oregon's first link in tho Pacific highway. Thus Jackson county vot ers have tho opportunity to set tho paco in Oregon's race with progress. If tho bonds aro authorized, 48 mdes of paved highway will bo Con structed in tho Immedlato future. This stretch ot good road 'will con nect with tho California stato high way on tho south; pass through Medford, Ashland and Central Point, thus adding fvo miles to tho total mileage; cross tho Siskiyou moun tains at easy grader, and terminate at tho Joscphino .ounty line. Hut this terminus can bo only temporary, for onco Jackson county sets the examplo, Joseph Ino and other counties will fall in line- Good roads aro built by monoy, but thoy aro multiplied by good examplo. The Jackson bonds should carry by a largo majority. Two years ago that county, by a majority of four to ono, voted 1,GOO,POO In bonds, but tho proposed Issuo was Invalidated be cause thcro was no enabling act. Tho legislature removed this handicap, and now Jackson Is again to tho front. Good roads mean something more than talk In Jackson they mean act ually Improved highways, greater prosperity for the "farmer, larger growth for tho cities and villages, more wealth in the county. It Is noteworthy that Jackson coun ty has combined sound financing with other progressive Ideas. Tho bonds aro to bo sorlalB; $100,000 will bo paid at tho ond of 10 years, and tho (-remaining $400,000 will bo retired In equal Installments at five year In tervals. Thus tho bonds will all bo paid during the life ot the improve ment interest will be saved, and no TOKIO, Sept. 4. Four Jupnncse have been killed by Chinese govern ment troops ut Nankin, according to official messnges received hero to day. Miany nhopq were looted by tho riotous soldiers, it was added. Tho Jnpnncbo foreign office lins protested vigorously to tho Pekln government, Tho Tokio press dis cusses tho affair with intento bitter nc6S and violent popular anger is displayed against China. Pestal Clerks Close Meet. INDIANAPOLIS, Intl., Sept. 4. Tho biennial convention of tho Na 'tiounl Federation of Postoffico Clerks adjourned horc today follow intf lho election of officers. Thos. Klnherly of San Francisco, was elected secretary nnd treasurer of (he federation. i cxccsslvo burden will fall upon tax payers at tho end ot 30 years. Tho present highway over tno Sis kiyou mountains has a 33 per cent grade In places; grades on tho new highway will not exceed six per cont. Tho now road will pass through each market placo except two. Jackson county was given 2G.000 population by tho census enumerators; tho new highway will servo 19,000 of tho pco plo who livo cither directly on or closo to It. In tho past much monoy has been wasted on roads. That day Is pass ing. Ja. kson county's now highway will bo constructed under direction of tho state highway engineer. Jack son county taxpayors will got value received for tho bonds they vote, and the dividends returned by good roads aro trcmondous. They exceed bank stock dividends. It may bo that residents living off tho now highway will voto against tho bonds. If thoy do thoy will voto against their own interests. Jackson county has been spending on aver ago of $100,000 n year in taxes on roads, and tho grcator part of the monoy has gone on tho highway It Is now proposed to permanently im prove. Remove that money sink nnd annual taxes can go toward improve ment of outlying roads. Tho monoy will go thcro, for one good road will demand othor good roadB. That has been tho experlcnco everywhere. Jackson county s to bo congratu lated on her ambition to becomo Ore gon's sonthern gateway. Tho C3 miles of Improved highway should bo completed before tho San Fran.Uco exposition opens. Visitors from all parts of tho world should bo given visual dnmonstratlon that Oregon is a progressive state and thcro could bo no hotter demonstration than 53 miles of first class highway in Jack son county. PORTLAND, Ore., kept. 2. If you don't cnt an applo Tuesday, Novem ber IS, you will bo ono of tho few people In tho United Stntcs that falls to celebrate. Let It bo known far and wldo that Tuesday, November IS, Is applo day all over tho country. Somu places will celebrate but ono or two dns, but In other sections a whole week will bo devoted to apcial bargain days for tho king ot fruit. At tho samo tlmo you aro undo awaro ot tho date for tho second na tional applo day, you aro notified that tho bct way to culebrato and the cheapest will bo to buy tho pro duct by tho box. Tlioao In clmrgo of tho applo day campaign urgently re quest tho nvcrago man or womnn to refrain from becoming a "piker" by falling to celebrate. No less a national authority than Dr. Wiley, former head of tho puro food bureau ot tho government, tins made tho statement that tho eating of apples Is tho best possible method of preserving tho health of tho na tion. A natlonnl health food, has been tho tltlo that has been given tho ap ple. It grows In most sections of tho country and In fart tho world, although to bo sure, Its greatest per fectlou is reached west ot tho ltocky mountains. Tho International Apple Shippers' association some tlmo ago prepared a special booklet tolling of 197 ways of preparing tho npplo. Theso book lets aro for frco distribution and will save ninny a family quarrol about tho way to fix that special dish. ISIS THEATRE JoHn A. Perl Undertaker Lady Assistant. 2H B. nAUTIiBTT riiOBCS SI. 47 ana 47-J-2 Ambulasca Brrrlco Deputy CnrooiY Jf g Theatre TONIGHT ONLY "TIIK STOLEN IMt'ir' "Till: K.II,K" (I,uhln) "TIIK COM IXO OF ANGIXO (Sellg) "A STUDY OF lllltl) I.IFK, MONTH O.UU.O" (Patho) A TODAY OXI.V TIIK SIIOIITSTOPS deuiim: Sellg YIPKIIS AT 1IO.MK Patho Tim to Tin: aitorrois oi n.ui.Mi: Patho VKXOKXCi: OF (JAI.OItA altigraph TDK NKW (SOWN Lubln Hero Tomorrow Slli:.VANIK).ll Knlom Special War Foaturo . Thrco lteols fcTtStMrftvmjyirtinTirTtr ftfirtYrftttnviTri rvi .y.y.yj-i twit, t, mnm iv. u. , ti TIT THY ir AliriTlrtM cur nvr nneuiced 0 a uuliiu jjj jl ivii atLiE wn i ftuiniauo ON OCT 1, 1913, AT 2 P. M. SHARP. 55 ACRES OF BEARING ORCHARD Bear Creek alfalfa Inml, tbe beat, in the valley, lo- entcd two miles north of .Medfonl, Oregon, l'acifie j? 2 & Eastern Railroad rtins tbroimh the tract, whore 4 fruit and other produce can be loaded on the cars Without ailY loilir haul. Will m mU in two m nnwn 0 I tracts. Correct acreage and terms will be given at sale. Trees all standard varieties: I J.") acres New- jj $ towns and Spits, 7 to 10 years old; f) acres delicious STAR THEATRE TODAY ONLY GOOD MUSIC, GOOD CROWDS' 10c only. J..S. Howard Makes Correction To tho Kditor; In your publication of yesterday, Sept. 1, In relation to tho locating of Fort Klamath Judge Colvig says that tho jnllo square composing tho fort ground was surveyed by General W. Odell, which Is a mistake for I went with Colonel Drew whon bo located the fort ground and surveyed It at his request and I liavo tho original field notes In my office. I also surveyed a buy reserve at tho samo tinio. 1 also took tho bearing Trom tho flag staff location to many promi nent mountain peaks. Mt. Mc Luughlln bears S 45 degrees W (ploaso nolo that it was not known as Mt. Pitt at that time,- Mt, Shas ta bears S 7 degrees 30 minutes W. Wo wont out by the old emigrant road across tho mountain thenco along the west sldo of lower Klamath lako to tho head of "Ling river" whero wo swam tho horses and tho Indians took us across In their canoes thonco along thu Indian trail east of upper Klamath lako to Williamson rJver whero wo wero again put across with tho help of tho Indians, thonco along west of Wood rivor to Fort creek, where tho forst was located. Yours for ancient history, , J. S. HOWARD. Coming Friday nnd Saturday night, TIIK TIGKIt MIA'" (Vltagraph) In thrco parts, thu most wonderful and beautiful animal story over seen. TUB GUANO CANYON OF AUIZONA (Sconlc Ed.) "AS TIIK TOOTH CA.MK OUT" Comedy. E. N. NOBLE All Kindt of Wood Hawing Phono 70.1.X 10111 North Central N. Florence Clark VIOLIN THACnEIi Studio 1110 West 4tli Street Desslo AbboM. arid Jeff Do Angolls will bead tho cast ot "Hob Hoy." J LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING COLONIAL FLATS Thoroughly modern rooms renting from $8.00 to $15.00 per month Bathroom and Laundry Accommodations Gas and Electric Lights Everything Furnished Except Eats 217 Riverside So. Phono 900-L In the. Sultan's Power Two Thrilling Parts Featuring Capt. Jack Bonavita (World famous Hon tamer) and C. Livingston Wiggins International aviator Wild Animals Daredevil Aeroplane Flight 2 GLASSY COMKDIE8 Mr. Harry Raymond J years eld: ( acres nears from 1 to r years eld: !i! acres almonds, cherries, peaches, etc. .'Improve- incuts: A No. 1 two-story ten room modern house, !i! large barn and. outbuildings, pumping plant with ten thousand gallon tank, entire tract can be irri- $ gated from Kogue River canal. Present water right for two acres. Machinery, tools and livestock will jij be sold if purchasers do not wisli the same. Terms will be easy: Certified checks of 10 ner cent at time !f, of sale, balance of cash payment as agreed upon at S timo of sale. y P. S.Seud this ad to your friend who wants a good orchard. E. J J. HALL, Owner, WILLIAM ULRIcJII, Auctioneer. 54M':&i.S&iX&iii?ii'iG WATCHES for men and women that havn passed rigid Inspection hoforh placed lu stock and Kohl by iiinn who understand them per fectly nnd can Intclllgorilly mlvlsa tho purchaser. No matter whothor you buy a low-priced watch or ono of our most extravagant repeaters, you will recolvo tho samo courteous trcntmont andJiavo thu snmo confidence In your purcbaso. Our woman's watch nnd our man's watch, both In cases aro wonderful values, Dracolet watches In great variety. Wo olfor both American mid Swiss. Martin J. Reddy 'J'JIK JKWKMCU NKAII POST OFFIOK Now Singer .iVruM. w rt . Always 10c University of Southern Oregon Opens September 17th in Medford Business College Block Collogo opons Sept. W, Courses: Philosophy, MathninntlcB, History, KugllHh, (Irook, Latin, French, Uurmun, Spanish, Physics, Chemistry, Dtology nnd Geology. Normal opons Sopt, 17. (II, F, Mulkoy doau,) tenchos counio. Proparatory opons Sopt. 17. Hygiono and nursing opons Sopt, 17. Law school opons Oct. 1. Courses: Kquity, Criminal Law, ICvl donco, Sales. Negotlablo Instruments, pleading, Contractu, Agency, Ileal Properly, Corporations, tu. Ulvluty school opons Oct, 1. Registration days all Ihls wook. Next wook, Moilday, Wo'ddcs- Mo y imu rnuay, irom v a. in. 10 ix, noon, at uubwohs College, J L IWrULUiVJI'llMJIlMU