TW-RDFOttT) MAIL 'PnimiSTK IrorFOTM. OTtFlON, TITTTHRDAY, JANUARY 1, 1914.
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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.
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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
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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
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