Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 06, 1914, SECOND EDITION, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text.. PA"GE 3T0UR :medfokd matt; tribune, medford, okeoox. FRTDAV. FKUIUtAKV 0. 101 MEbFoiiD MAIL Tribune .AN INDKl'liNnnNT NKWHl'Al'nil PUUMHIIKD ' KVnitT AVTKUNOON i:xr.KiT sunoat uv thk MICUroltD MUXTIM) CO. Tlio nenioerAllo Times, Tlio .Mrdfonl Mnl!, Tito Meilfnrd Tribune, The South' ern Qrrftonlnn, Tito Aihlnml Trlbunn. Office Mall Tribune Uulldliiff, 2S-SM) North Tlr lrect; tolcplicm 76. Official Iatir of tho City Offlolal Taper of. Jncknon of M1forJ, County. ICnUrrtl iik accOml-clans mutter at M ear or it, OreRon, under the net of Atnrch J, li'i. nurtscRirTiox satss One yrnr, t mall .... . . $S 08 (n month, by mnl! ....- .JO lVr month, dflhcrcd by errlr In Mcdford. JnckoonMllo nnd Ccn- trni l'oint .SO P.itunliiy only, by mnll, per yenr.-- i 00 Weekly r ywir w . 1.50 EWOIUt CIRCULATION. Dnlly avcrtiiro for hit month cndlnc Dtcombrr 31, t3 JSp THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY - ---rwgLH With Mctlfonl StoUvcr A.F. 1TUXT. formerly of Ashland, now n Portland livestock commission man, who has just purchased nnd shipped thirteen ears of cattle from upper valley points, asserts that thirty carloads of hogs were consigned to hint this year from Hogue River valley points, double the number ever shipped iit a previous year. I le estimates the valley hog output for the coining year at ninety ear loads, and calls attention to the fact that hogs are a nat ural adjunct of the fruit industry, cleaning up cull fruit. There is no question but that' hogs are the best mort gage raiser the orchardist or farmer can have. There is more money in hogs than in almost any product of the sou. The surplus and unmarketable crop ot trim, gram or vegetables can always be marketed at a profit through the hog. There is no reason whv the vallev should not be ship ping 1000 ears of hogs a year and a hundred cars of cat tle, though the range for the latter is being constantly re stricted, the price averages higher each year. The department of agriculture estimates show a short age of 1S,Uo9,000 meat animals in the United States. We are short nearly nine beef cattle, seven sheep and over three hogs ijr each hundred of our total estimated popu lation, as compared with conditions in 11)10: an actual de crease of 7,303,000 food animals in the face of an estimated increase of nearly seven millions inhabitants. This means that it would take 1S,250,0000 more meat cattle, sheep and swine than the estimates show at present in this country, to give the present population the same meat supply that the census of 1010 showed to exist. Notwithstanding the fact that the estimates show there is actually a decrease of 7.303.000 food animals since the census of 1910, the estmated farm value of the cattle, sheep and swine on farms on January 1, 1!)M. because of higher prices, increased in valuation J?39"vlS7,U00. The increase indicated is due to the fact that the esti mates show that the farm value of beef cattle has in creased from $19.07 to $31.13 a head, or (53.2 per cent, an average annual increase ot over lu per cent. Swine have increased in value from $9.17 to $10.10 per head, or 13.1 per cent. Sheep have decreased from an estimated aver age farm value of $4.12 in 1910 to $-1.01 in 1914. This increase in the average value of meat animals, however, does not necessarily mean that farmers or stock raisers are making more, if any, profit. On the contrary, the cost of production has probably increased more rapidiy than the increase in the selling price of livestock. The conclusion naturally is that livestock raising in the coun try as a whole is not profitable, or there would be an in crease in production instead of a decrease. The number of milch cows on farms is now 20,737,000, an increase of about one-half of one per cent over the cen sus figures of 1910. Meanwhile the average farm price of milch cows has increased from $35.79 in 1910 to $53.94, or an increase of 50.7 per cent. There are 20,935,000 horses and 4,4-17,000 mules on farms m the I mtecl States, an average annual increase of Washington'. Feb. 6. Charles auoui i. per cent over tne number s nown bv u census e. worden, of Klamath Faiia, has ap- of 1910. The average farm price of horses has increased pealed to tho reclamation service to) from $ios.l9 in the census year to $109.33 in .Taiiuarv. extend the time for payment of the. -,yM ,i ; i,n rtoe p ,! ..,.. i-nnoi i.-inooi ' a.w.j.j, iiuu in niv vmbv ui jiiuiva uuin piu.a-t iu T'l-o.o-t- ill tne same period. These figures would seem to assure the future of the livestock industry, that prices must continue to go up as population increases ana supply decreases. MAYOR PURDM APPEALS 10 PEOPLE PAY ASSESSMENTS SELLS HIGHWAY BONOS YItKKA, Cal., Fell, fi. The board of county supervisors at their meet ing this week autliorliod Countv Treasurer rnshburg to sell tho state highway bonds recently purchased b Siskiyou count for par value and uso tho $50,000 thus obtained for purchasing more highway bonds. At tho monthly nicotine of the board of directors ot tho Siskiyou County Dank, held Tuesday In Yreka, tho directors authorized President Wuilsworth to purchase $50,000 worth of bonds at par value In addl tlon to those already owned by the bank. Tho stato highway bonds arc now In great demand, which testifies to tho fact that money Is beginning 10 loosen up; and our enterprising men, seeing tho good work dono by tho highway commission, are endeavor ing in every way to help tho good work along. WANTS SEITLERS III BOENDED FIVE YEARS construction chargo to flrt years. Ho also favors permitting settlers to re duce their holdings and apply tho payments mado to such proportion at they may retain and sell tlio re maining acreage bold by gorernmont in smaller tracts. Worden also asks that the dralnago system bo com pleted at tho earliest possible moment even if water users must pay an in creased annual fee. DRAMA LEAGUE TO BE ORGANIZED IN MEDF0RD At a meeting of representatives of several c!ub3 In the city at tho public library )estcrday afternoon It was de cided to hold a genoral mass meeting on Wednesday night, February 18, for the formation of a branch ot tho Drama lcaguo in Medford. Following an interesting explana tion ot the aims and purposes ot the drama league in America by Mrs. Kdmund Ilurko, and an application of tho organization's alms to Mcdford and tho Itoguo Hlver valley by Dun bar Carpenter, tho presiding officer, tho movement was endorsed by Mm. K E, Core on behalf ot tho Creator Mcdford club, Mrs. F. W, Mears and Mrs. 13. II. Picket on behalf of tho Wednesday Study club, Mrs. J. A. Tornoy on behalf of tho Women a Co lego club, P, W. Hnmlll on behalf of tho University club and C. E. Gates on behalf of tho Commercial club, Evory speaker approved ot tho Idea and assured Mrs. Ilurko aud oth er members of tho Colony club who inaugurated tho campaign that the organizations thoy roproscutud would, they felt euro, support tuo movement heartily. PAY YOUR JUST DEBTS ATTENTION is called to Mayor Purdin's appeal to citi zmmliin olsnwlinvn There is no reason why property ownei-s should not meet tneir obligations to the community, just as thev have to with other people. There is certainly no reason why they should not at teast pay tne interest duo on their improvement indebted nessif they cannot meet the annual assessment. Patience ceases to be a virtue when nconlc who can will not pay what they legally owe, or at least make an effort to liquidate. No business institution that does not collect its ac counts can survive. Neither can a city, similarly con ducted. Authorities are remiss who permit such a'situa tion to arise and continue. Tho law nrovidus nnmln rpouv. ity for the debt and if there is no effort on the part of 4-lm ,1,!,.. l L 1 . , ! J, it . . luu uv-inur iu incut jus obligations, tne law should bo invoked. It is unfair to the communitv to tax those who pay to carry along those who do not, and the quicker such conditions are ended the better. People that can afford to pay $2.50 an hour for tango lessons can afford to pav iuuu- juipiuvi'incm assessments. NEWS FROM ASHLAND AND VICINITY TAHG0 DANCEnS AT NATATORIUM SATURDAY Medford society will at last have tho opportunity to Judgo for itself the merits ot tho much talkod of tau go. WHltar Morrlck of tho Katatorlum, has Bocurod tho services ot Miss In land and Mr. Sawyer, of thu Tnl-dun Mint, Multnomah Hotel, Portland, Uoflt export teudiom, of bull room Arire, MIh IrulBiid and Mr Bawyir coimt to this city with rvcommaiida (low from tlio ulllo of Portland, Hun PmucUco ami Woattlc having KUldod 0 PQ of tho Kliiy'!1'" allies of tne Kptiuip, lutio ofliiiml Did frtui u. C44t lliroHKb (ho bttrlcArloM of Ui'i'or dm miliw. of lliu mi to tli TmUu. lfinl(lUII Hlli) H)lllil Uv tut imhln- fuuiiluii... u ll.. m Mi-. Kluubctli S- ip, widow of tho'. client qualiticH of tho water ns tlicy Into iiiiiu1 W. K. Ktone. ilml at t'Xiht ut the hnrimrH. i ' i - . ' I l rein. Tuif dny, njjed 82 yeur. Di eeiibcti wax r pioneer ot Jnckxoii count) mnl Iter fiit liibnud wu .Mr. Amei'miui, a brother of the lulu Henry Aiihijiiiiiii. A. H. Ferguson mid Tox Iliekiml of Portland were roUloml at the Hotel Oregon Tliurnilny. In addition to tio fnoU given to tlio jnohH in idganl to tliu uxnniiin and liauilliiiff of tin unuiuiloyi'il liy C'liivf of I'oJicu I'orlci', oiik ituin wan omitted. iMriiiir tliw ptniod of tln jioliny of en ring for tlio iiiiujiiployi'il tliiTii viih no rime of rohhury in Ali land. Mfi's. rjilitT, JlsiUy ain (III I'tlc, ou(ir of AJiImiii Mllim MrK. K. H. Wiiirncr nccoiiinnnlcil Imr dnuglitt-r, .Mr. T. Milcw o Muilfonl, to San Diego to vinit W. II. 1.1'i-ilh' family. .Mru. Klizaliuth DimvuMio of Wooilbiirn mnl diiuglitcr, Mm. Ka dio IIiiglioM of Da WHOM, aro visiting u lirotlmr and iinoli, ox-I'oiiikiIIiiiuii Ciiiirlox Stuiiiiett. Mm. Marl: Hmnal.-nr ami Infant linvi' rutiiriiml to Jy aftor a tay willi Iir imrimt Attorney and Mr. V. J. Mourn. .J, It. Tor.nr Iiiim goin to I'utaliiuia, (!al,, to suit bin hoii, limt, until wining. -pr .1 i jj.. lm mi id f.uiurjuw, Wly I'lulit rMliUli"ii liinig miiitil in iluM'H kll(ilii (hut Hii"i vtut'M i mi In' John A. Perl UNDERTAKER Udy Asslslttiit H. IIAKTI-liTJ' Minium Jk, ij hwI H'J'J UmU lv lvw uhiJ iimnv Ihu u-''l,Mtg,MHtw Hmh u'ui Vumiu You linvo tilortod n now city coun cil, who lwiNo iiSKiimod tho dutlos ot oftliv to srv ou without pay. lu assuming tlitwe duties thoy nr tnk- Inj? hold ot ix Job of grout rosponsl- blllty, tho ilutliM of which nro nmiil fold and onorous. Tho louncll can not do nil thliiRS that nro noodod without aid from tho pooplo. Tho financial condition of tho city's at taint nro In bad xhnpo, and It will rcuulro much hard thought and labor by tho council to pot thorn Into slmpo, and this cannot bo dono ox copt by unltod offort of our pooplo Tho council Is continually Impor tuned by pooplo of tho city oor things of little moment; nearly every ono has n complaint ot somo Mud. Would It not bo bolter for our pooplo to forgot their potty grolwuicoa un til tho council bnvo bad Unto to got tholr seats warmed nnd learn somo thing about tho heavy duties they havo assumed nnd nro trjlng to per form? I'nlcss thcru Is a cessation of petty complaints tho council will loio much valuable time looking Into them, when thoy should bo concern ing themselves with the greater prob lem of rlt) finance. I'eoplo should advise themselves in to condition In tho rlty. They should know of tho fnct that tho city council has bad to pay over IS0.000 Interest for people who aro delin quent on Improvement ntuoesmonK The money had to come from sotno place and has been paid, not from tlm Improvement Interest fund that should hnvo boon paid by tho pooplo and has not boon paid; but by the hardest Kind of offort and tho use of funds thnt woro not created to pa Interest with. Tho city Is jours, people ot Med ford, and If you want Its credit ruined you havo simply to continue your fa 1 1 tiro to pay your assessments and Interest ns sonic of you havo been do ing. Think about this. Tho obli gations of the city for Interest on Im provement funds must be paid. Tho council has no mint with which O coin money. Whero is this Intcres to como from If people who nro ablo will not pny? I seo but ono wny for tho next year nnd that will bo a tax levy of double tho one for tho pres ent year. Tho little thnt tho coun cil can savo on salarlos will amount to but n fow thousand dollars a ear, ami thoro will como duo anoth-r $20,000 In Interost during tho pros-; ent year that must bo paid, nudj where tho money Is to como from l know not. Is there any reason why tho coun cil should bo forcod to go to the courts to forco pnmnnts of nssest monts and Interost duo for Improve ments? Tho people caused tho Im provements to bo made; thoy Imv. tho Improvements and should mnko their payments and not ndd to th" work nnd worry of tho council by not doing so. It Is your city. You havo caused tho Improvements to bo mado. "Wl'l you pay for thorn or forco tho cPy Into bankruptcy, or to levy a tax su'- fliiont to pay your abllgatlons to tho city? Think about It. Hospoctfull, MAIII.ON PUIIDIN. Mayor. MRS. H. L. LEACH Expert Corsetiere .'2(J North IJarllett. Phone 5G3 M. IF TJIEY'IIE KLEIN MADE THEY'RE TAI LOR MADE Med ford Tailors The ALCO Is the new name for our coui out miiery and cigar store, corner Main and South Central. Several appropriate naniew were Hiiggoslcd, ui ono ho Icclod I wing hoiiI in by Mm jMniido Wood, who received the prize of a box of candy. WBT6WIIHUEAN ITii leatre FRIDAY AND S VTt KDAY NUIHTS "Stigma" Two-Keel S. A, We-Herii, "A CORNER IN POPULARITY" Iiiibilt. "THE MISSING DIAMOND" Lllbill. "THE ABANDONED WELL' Itiourui'h Cunii'ih. Violin Piano Miss Clark Miss Duller I5J5 THEATRE l'!nttln4 Today The Ancient Order of Good Fellows Vltagrapb Special In two Heels, Tult Star I'nut Till.' ItlMTII THAI' I.ublu Diuum A.VOV AtTS A JOII Kdlsott Coined) i:lra 'loiliiy Only (. A. '. IHlfiTII l.l j MI S To Ui Is oui:(io-u mi i.vmi: 0:.e Unl Midlu ami I'i.iiiii MiihIo Ml I k Jgm,iL Kc cr have ) ou heard in any musical instrument a tone so wonderfully sweet, clear and mellow. Hearing is believing. Come In any time no obligation. PALMER PIANO PLACE Our i't ( t r I ii il.' j 21 South Grape Slrcet I feltiSl mMMmmm Hotel Benson Formerly New Oregon Y0V ocii u n ii c r JL-2 entire new mansKC- trrrrn muni. In tlio re-L-- incment of oVljil, cjiccl'cnfo of ciiutpmciii and Jiijieiimlty of ttrvjeo is nWlutely uisxoslkil, jum litflil, nir famplo roon for conifNMci.il men. Hvury ronvsmoiicd. Cm triUy IuiaIsJ, RatM very iii(hwI. Diiilnu room Mivic w limioiiJig. Auto burnt mmi all Irwin, Portland, Oregon t hVt4 H A1ANIUV. M(jer iKDDflUUY, Aol M vr. STAR THEATER TODAY Daniel Frohman Presents Mrs. Fisko's Famous Suctcas "CAPRICE" With MARY PICKFORD In the title role, nhly supported liy Knrncst Trunx ttutl Owen Moore. This is the first or the KAMOl'S IM.YI5U P1K). DliCTlOXS and nre the snine n shown in Portland ut the "People's Theater at advanced prices. Tho price of admission here will he as usual, U) cents. TWO DAYS ONLY Friday and Saturday AMEND, FRANK AND SHIRLEY The Ouv Ann Trio-A grnit vaudeville novelty act PAGE THEATER ONE NIGHT ONLY Saturday, February 7 Special UYtiiru ! njigt nieiit. LADY 1TTT TTTETC JVJJL J. 1J-IvC5 BAND Dirccl from a week's engagement at the Sullivan Coiisidinc theater at San l,,rancisco. AN ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAM Any Seat 50c, Children 25c Doors Open 7 P. M., Citrlain K P.M. ANNOUNCEMENT SUNDAY and MONDAY FEBRUARY 8 AND 9 TWO NIGHTS The Colonial Players In a Season or II 1(1 1 -('LASS STOCK w Jtsi oiin ' mn i SUNDA Y OPENING PLAY Tlse Traffic Popular Prices 10,20 and 30 Cfs. MONDAY The Third Degree