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TW-RDFOttT) MAIL 'PnimiSTK IrorFOTM. OTtFlON, TITTTHRDAY, JANUARY 1, 1914. PAGE TTTRTCTC ... Jackson County City and Rural Schools Show Progress Jiti'liHon rniinty, during Imr pio i gronslvo Mlrhlt'ii In vailoim line wlllllll (llll IIIHt few toil IK, 1)11 H HIM overlooked lnr schools Thorn of the ruriil ilUtilrtH two i i"'i "l lit mi other column, iih iiio also tho hi tiouli oT Medford. Ah spiun In llmlloil, wt i mi r.lM' only ii M'O brief net omit oi eutili, Ashland, ut I ho southern tn i tlin county on the Hoiilhoru I'm ifi Una, him ii luhool dlntrltt of III" llm chins. Tint school Nro IhhinoiI Hi throe buildings nil of lii m nn i oil irn In ovoiy r m i i t . The IiIkIi hw located In tho wnI'tm part or i in- tits on n slx-ucru tract In of granite upli dii-h 'stucco flnlnh. It Im twoittv six recitation room, Kyiiiininiiiiii, u numbly, splendid liiliorHtotlim for tin M'loliriHl, lllllUlllll tl'ltlllir llllllli htli nuloiirn mill cooking rooms Tho r.i lulu liiillilliii; urn of In Irk toiiBtnn lloti mill each located on .. thrin'itcrn trm t At imkIi of tin II H Willi IIH lit tllM llll'll HI tllXll ll'lllll Iiik. Ilioi" In n unit kept Hunt l.twn iIiiiiIimI to iliritlilmr) mill flown- Wlillc; A mIiIii till uillKlil.'iH her m ho 1 IiiiIIiIIkiiin 'modern In evvry ni t ln I no lew irotiil of h'T mmu of schools thiiii ulin Ik of I'll" I Jl'il llii;. Tim orKHlilditloli U looilrrii tliroiir.liotit, tlio hnnilwo.lt mill r tu ru I NtinlliM being wull ImluiM'il mi progreiislvo. Under Hupi rlnti 1 it is (I A Url-coo (tin scIhhiI an mm I i (0 nolle III tilt Wtwt Coming north from A-hliittt we flml tln Talent nfliouU, i ill diii i t In reriiinl clans, liK-Mted III a in v mill up-to-date building I it'll r li.i irlnrltMUtili of I! W. Alter, It h thin year met the roqulicmotits 1 f nr A Mundiiril mhtiol of .iMikmm i j mtv IUmlilci tlin Krammxr gradon tl i course includes two sri of III 'li M'hool work, with spociul l.-nuieri fi.r luminal trnlnliiK. iltiiiiuMu Mr ,i tiro mtil miiflo. '1'hln school u ninl.lir i'xlAnlfi ItutunvaiiiKiitM 1'iir'i m r Phoenix, another town on t'.o SoiilhiTii Pacific llm. I.n a tlmoi district of I ln second iIiihji I li yearn tiKo tlin illitrli t was lion led for I If., 000 for IiiiIIiIIiik pin ixihi'H A" that time tho linn ('ml Mihrilloii of tin' dltlrUl nut n Hutu li'M llinti $300,000. there were titioiil K.U iu ilU In tin illntrlrt, iiiul throe leath ers worn ctitloi d. Home of tlio rtl ilmit rnii-lilorcd tlin stop of bonding a footfall inovo. lint IIh wUilmii In now itii, for tlio Nfhool today tinN nu I'lirollini'iit of il'-'S iiiiIIm, inii1o. . "VJL Li2f Sffi I WWRHWBHMBR!SIHBBH! rVMJLIra- i- - : . . ,racc.y;tg--vs:i i m ru WHMW1H1 vti i ; Urn.- iu wirwiiTag cut r'l,???fi?-'y4 ., TSiriw jft.rwKswww KIrIu to lo't top row, Anhlar.d Wct Sli!e Scloo rburj jpo of city rchoolB Center. Tatilo Hock School, fhe ml'cs ro "1 of f i ral I'clnt two rooms, lighted ii 'Iertrlr!t, uivil rcRiilnrly as ram'.iunll center On loft, Howard School, two miles north of Medford on I'ariric MlKhwa), two roomi and basement, ntcaiii heated, modern In every way. Mlddio row, Central Point Hl?h School, centor Willow SprlnKs School, four miles northwest of Central Point, two roomx, electric lights, tclo phone, piano, tennis court, used for O range nieetlng and literary society; also Parent-Teachers' Association Loft, Ilueh School. Jat oomp ete-l. toven miles southwest of Jacksonville In Applagato valley, comtructed of ."OLtrcto blocks, heated and ventilated by tho Smith system. Hot'om row. Oak Grove, on Medfo rd-Jacksonvllle road, two rooms ami basement, steam heated, piano, playground equipment; to Install Ilabcock j milk tpntnr? tini Pnrnnt.Ti.nrlinra Annrlnf Inn. Ann t?nti Qhnnl smith. I west of Jacksonville, two rooms and basement, furnished wilh teparate desks and chairs; two cars' high school work. fli'il lUnlili , thr ii'iiialKii roomi' , i.iy a pecl,ii t atticr l.i mtiH.r Spc two ears Tho attendance lias ouM llm liullilliu: (tuiiMln tare) mid I- clul I cue hots uro 11U0 oniplned for grown tho Inrge new brick structure,, torliim with itiiKi'. a onitiHsliiiii. ni dumcrtlc HClcni'D and art ami for mid It tins become necessary again' lunch room and a fur unco room I'll- mnuiinl tralnlns rourti. one of tbe, this ear to fit up a room in the old ilur tlu liwilttmhlp if Hiiinrlutiiiiilntj liirgwt In southorn Oror.on. Anotberj building. A full four )enrs high P. C. Rmlth, tiflidiliM tho regii nr, feature of tho school system Is Its, school couree In offered. Co mm or. mnrii K'Hchers mid thoillntrlit luu an ttrnilu mid IiIrIi nhiml work, eouro' departmental work, which Is carried cial work, inutile, domestic science j nssoMoil Miluiilliin of over ono iiilt-'nrn nlen this jenr In doiHMtlr ' on In nil grades abine the third. Tin ! and manual trnlnlng nro given spe.' Hon dolliim. II. W. Alter 1 the prin- w Ikiich mid urt iiiunIc. I IiiiIIiIIiik. oqiilpineut and orgmiUntlou ' clnl nttontlon. At the present writ-, rlpiil. ) In nIs Centrsl Point bus t h third I of the Central Point school would , lug tho i.lgh mhonl has an enroll-1 JackMinxllle, thoiigb the nldcl school In Jackson county, and to d credit to n much larger city. incut forty-two j Mthool In tho county, Is by no menus superintendent, A. II. Mickey, says' The people or Cold IIIU nro deter. Itoguo Itlver, nt tho north end of n "iiiobh bark." While the school ills ' their aim Is to mnko It first In or-, mined that no school In this end of Jackson county on the Southern Pa trlct bus had the misfortune of losing ' gaiilrntloii nud efflcluuc). Their i the state shall be better tlmn theirs, j elfle lino, Is well to the front with two bulldlugH In the past, It now has j motto Is "Tho best Is none too wood ' Cuder tho direction of Suporlntcn-J its schools. I'nder tho directions of it modern brick structure, In which' for Cential Point." This school was dent II. A. Adams, tho school has j Miss Frances A Neeel as principal, the district hns about JlS.omt In-! nmntig tho first In tho -Into to i-in-jcontu riiplil! to tho front In tho past J excellent work Is being, done In tnej grades and In the tbrcc-yoar high school court-o. Instruction In music Is given by a special teacher. At the time of this writing, seventeen pupils nro enrolled in tho high school and 1 SI tn tho graded. Kaglc Point, located on the P. & K. line sonic fifteen miles northeast of Medford, Is the only town In Jack ton county without a high school. However, tho grades, untlor tho prln clpalshlp of W. K. Uucbanan, are do ing first-class work. The school has nn enrollment of eighty pupils, nine of whom nro in the eighth grade. Tho pupils, through their own efforts with entertainments nud Industrial ball outfit and basketball and play, work have bought an organ, a base ball outfit and basketball and play ground equipment. Iiutte Falls, tho little town at tbc terminus of the P. & K. near Mount Pitt, Is keeping its school abreast of others In the onward march. The school is housed in a fine new build-' . Ins, surrounded with a beautiful i I lawn and playgrounds. The enroll-1 ment this yeSr totals fifty, four of, , whom are doing ninth and tenth grade work. Plans are being mado to install a course In manual train ing next year, A. L. Wright Is tho principal. Jackson county's public school sys tem consists of two districts; of the first calss (having nioro than 1Q09 chlldron of school ago), Medford and Ashland; five districts of tho second class (from 200 to 100 chltdron of school age), Central Paint, Jackson ville, Gold IIIU, Tn'cnt mid Phuuntx, and ninety-one districts of tho thlril class Tho county Is divided Into throo supervisory districts. Two suporvls ors nsldo from the county superin tendent nro employed to nuporvlso tho work In the rural schools. During tho school year of 10121.1 tiVro was an enrollment of 40(8 pupils, and 2I3 teachers wcro om plojcil Fourteen high schools word In operation with an enroltmont of 710 pupils. Mnnual Training and Domestic Science courses have been" Introduced In tho schools of Medford, Ashland. Central Point. (Jold IIIU and Talent. Other places will take up this samo work In another year. Special In structors In music are employed tn Medford, Jacksonville, Central Point, Talent, Phoenix. Cold IIIU, Itoguu Khcr and Wagner Creek. During the last flvo jcars cvory In corporatud town In tho county, with ono exception, bnB erected an up-to-date school building, and clan of the rural districts have school facili ties not to bo excelled by any of tho towns. Altogether during theso flvo cars forty-fhe new school buildings have been erected in tho county, most of ttom modern In every way. The following figures nro taken from tho county school superintend cnt's report for tho school year 101213; Number of persons between four and twenty -cars if ago resid ing tn the county November 25, 1912, 33 IS males and 3330 females; total, 6S4S. Total enrollment. 2527 males, and 2421 "females; total,' 4948. Number of teachers employed dur ing the year, 51 males and 192 fo males; total, 243. Number of eighth grade diploma Irsued during the.) ear, 141 to males and 1C7 to females; total, 30S. Avcrsgo number of days publ'o school taught during tho year, 145.7, Whole number of days attendance during tho year, 642,976.5. Wbolo number of days absence during the year, 30,391. Average number of pupils belong, 4621.5. Average dally attendance, 4413. Per cent of attendance, 9G.G. Wholo number of organized din trlcts In the county, 9S. Number of school houses In tho county, 107. Estimated value of school houses and grounds ...f 611,625.25 Estimated valuo of school furniture and appara tus 60,578.47 Amount of Insurance on school houses and other property 317,615.00 Cement Plant at Gold Hill Will Have a Capacity of 1000 Barrels a Day mk t , i ?.s!i.V ' i. ""T ji i tfk.jt Wt" 'rtU .. ' - V- .S .r7;" - tfTJW a?fiA : '-tttUW i.4ciwrRt 4ti&uA mamL'' -mmm wm TismMBKtKi ' . . ''$ . ' $ it Y ... s Jsw js.. 4 ,. H . ,-Djr-ism -" . amj MrHMiHiM Mir i t i wwr mm iwm sssssssMssWlfei li1 kfsftjsw4l fty V'Bfc BBBBBBBBBEMfittBsuLBBSwsflHSFlBKViflH CJj'Jp. Ji. SjjIEvmBKfUklFMUM ySnflsSflBJKlBBBBBH .Site of llcnwr I'm tlniiil (Vitiftil Pin (Hy lieu II, Uimpiumi.) j With ii ir.oii.ooo ceiiiiuit liuliiritry In the proccHH of IiiiIIiIIiik, ii $50,000 gold diodgliig piojeit iiHtiurud, mi tin portmit power piojoct undor way, tho numoioim milieu of tlin dlutrlct uhow liiK lncioiiHcil actUtty, and a general son'tliuent of wldimwnko IiuhIiiohh ac tivity, nud optimism In tho futuro t.m'oiiK tho iltltuiH, (lolil Hill Ih cor tuln(litrliiK tlio coming )ear to con trlbuto her full quota of pioaporlty to ii greiitor nuutlioin Oregon. Tho closing your baa witnessed a Humiliation In Industrial ontorpilun generally thioughout tlio nluto, but tho nioa' ulgiilflcmit sluglu outcrpilHO nt Hill In I'm em iiiiiul N Conteiil l).l Dlghlofii Ailih coiKolvcil In Oregon during tint t per lou Ih inidoubtudl) tbo biiccoHrifiil proiiHitloii of tlu Denver Portland Ciimeut company, a project culling for u cool half million dollars to complete, now under net mil progre.se of const! action, mid doxtliuM to mill permanently to tho population mid piospcilty of tlio fit j mid tho valle) Tho ftory of the promotion of tho comout plant Is ono of tho unswerv ing rait It Iu tho toKourccH mid Indus trial ndvaiitngos of no u thorn Oiugon, n fa It It that ovoutually overcame ah obstucloa, Interested tho lequlrod capital, nud Ik Utmnlly to move a mountain of high griulo llmo rock Ko, I'lat at Itaso, llullilltiK (iioiiitil of Into tlin giant crushem mid rotmy klluu of tho big plmit, mid tliouco to tho inaiketH of tho world, In April liiHttho promotion of tho piojoct wits t.uccessfully tennlniitml mid articles of 'lucorpointlon gimited to tho lloiivor Poi timid Ceniont couumny, with capital stock of JiiOO.000, Although KiiRtoru dipltiil Is lie.iv. Ily loprohonted In tho local cement Industry, fully half of tho capital was i subscribed b) Oregon Inventors, In which Medford fiiianclors and other I prominent men of tho valley boro u largo part. Itepontod mid thorough tostn of tlu local llmo lock lutvo proven It to bo Ideal for tho purpose of rvmon ( niiinufiicture. while tbo location o tho deposit, together with the lov freight rate gi anted, injure it a fill i Meld Iu tho competitive market. The factory blto mid llmo led go lie throe quartern of it mllo directly west o Cold Hill, within n few hundrcc )itrdsof the Southern Pacific tracks ,Tho ledge Itself stretches northward over tbo bills to mi InuetormliuiU distance with a sufficiency of high grade cement material In bight to keep several cement plants busioa for it lifetime. During the past month a force of from fifty to seveiit.vflo men lmu been conftttntly omplojed nt the plant slto. Tons of powder have been expended In opening up the quarry, preliminary work has been nccompliohed mid tho construction of 'hultillngii Irt In full swing. With i: contract to siippl 50,000 b.irtolH of com cut for use. In the construction ol tbo Jackson county Pacific highway 'delivery to commence Juno 1, tho work of construction will bo speeded up to achieve tho point of operation before that ditto. 1 The construction of tho plant It contracted to tho Hunt r.ugluooriug company of Kansas City, it concern of obtublUhod reputation in tho ce ment Industry, whoso hpeclalty Is tho erection of similar plants. Huglnooi Dan 13, Servey Is locally In churgo. This company U also rushing the completion of it $2, 500,000 plant nt Mediclno Hut, Albcitn. Tho Gold Hill plant will bo tho most modern In tuo. with it ntO(!"c. Hon of 1,000 barrels dully. Tho wot process will bo omployod, ontiroly J dispensing with tho dust Incident to other methods of manufacture, Sov onty men will bo employed in Its 1 operation, largely Kkilloil workmen and men of family, permanent ad lltlons to tlio growing population of the valley. The admirably located plant slto 'omprlbos eighteen acres, tho greater part of which will bo actually usod for tho oxtcuslvo buildings of tho plant and tho throe loading and re celvlng tracks. At tho present tlmo workmen are engaged In tho con struction of machine shops mid' of flco quarters, nud Iu addition there wt.l be tbo storage waroboiios, kjlus, ! crusher, slurry tanks and numerous other buildings essential to tho oper atlon of tho big ontorpilse. Mod ornly constructed and equipped to' tbo last word tu itp-to-itdto m.tchlti-, ery and methods, tbo new cemein plant will afford tin excellent oppor tunity for Oregon folks to evidence their preforenco for Orogon goods, as i tho competitive m.tiket will have no terrors for tbo now enterprise tlu only cement plain in the state, i Although the utilization of the ex tensive coal deposits near Medford lutvo boon discussed, lack of trans portation facilities will not permit of this for the prosout. Power will bo furiiWietl by Hie Kogiio Kivor l'ublie Set vice coipo intiou, hiieoessom in inteie.-t to the Anient ptopeities at (lrntit l'as, mul to the plant of lite Otot;on Water it Power compAny nt thih city. The itvw eoiupttiiy luih recently eouiiletcil it complete oveilinulint,' mul improve incut of tlio local plant for the de velopment of temporary power to supply tho cement company, but the work will not end here. Admit nbl situated upon ono of tlio be-.t power sites itloui tho river, woil; will bo lesumed nt the earliest possiblo mo ment licit season mul n ilam con fatructed for Iho development of 4500 hotsepovver. This, too, will be it new nud permniiciit enterprise and bheuld I'm (her u'sult in (ho calub- OlKMtlitg; Quail) at Heaver Portlunil Cement Plant, (iolil Hill, i!000 PouniU lllast of Powder liiituiit of new iiidttxirinl enter pti-esi. An extensive itupilioit pio jcet, with tt main ennui from thi.- city to Grants .'n, is nlso untlor consideration by tho Kogiio ltivcr l'ublie Sorvico corporation, it nil will eventually ho perfected. Not all of tho development of tho past year, however, is. to bo attrib. tiled to industrial enterprises. Moro thim double tho produeo of thu prev ious year, in fruits, livestock and other products of tho ranch, vvoro exported from this city during tho eloMUf- twelve months, ns attested by tho records of tho froij-ht agent. Numerous honieseekors hnvo purch ased or tnken up properties iu tin. various smaller oreolc valleys, im portant real estuto transfers hnvo boon notivo and tho xaluo of local ranching properties has it decided upward tendenoy from tho excellent showing of tlio year. Much has boon accomplished lo cally in H1H, hut Oold Hill, in com mou with (ho remainder of thu val ley, is pinning its faith to tho cer tainty of a larger and mure piosper oip futuro mid is willing to take off its individual anil Culieutivu coat and work toward that end. Butte Falls Ilutto Falls, tho coming lumber center of Jackson county, is tho pres ent tormiual of tbo Pacific & Kastorn railroad, a part of tho Hill system, In tho heurt of tho largest sugar pluo bolt In tho world. Tributary o Butto Fulls Is eight billion foot of standing 1 1 nib or. Tho railroad will bq extend ed to a connection with tbo Oregon Trunk, thus giving a transcontinental lino to tho East. Dig Ilutto rlvor, upon which flutta, Falls Is located, is ono of the finest power streams on the coast u power that Is already being utilized to opr ato lumber mills, of which there r half a dozen scattered through th district. ' f iri