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w PACMTiUUH """" "" MEDffOKD MATE TnrBUWB, HEDlfOntl, otmcion. sattttctuy. MAT 2, 1PH Medford mail tribune AN INDRPKNOKNT NUWRl'APKll rUBLIRIIRI) KVKIir AFTUnNOON BXCKl'T BUNDAT tlT TUB MRDFOIID PRINTINQ CO. Th Democratic Timet, Tli Mtdford Mali, The Medford Tribune, Thn South rn OreconUn, The Ashland Tribune. Office Malt Tribune Building;, SJ-17-1 North Fir street; telephone 7. Official Paper of the City of Medford. Official Paper of Jackeon Countr. Kntered aa aom-clats matter at Medford, OrcROn, under the act of March , 1171. tTBacmiraoM bath On year, by mall , , , tt.flfl One month, by mall .SO Per month, delivered by carrier In MMiroro, jacKionvuie and Cn tral "nt , .SO Saturday only, by mall, per Yrtr 3 00 Weekly, per ycnr.... 1.S0 TO SECURE RAILROADS hi With McdfoN Stop-Orer 40.000 FLIES SLAIN BY SIXTH GRADE ROOSEVELT SCHOOL Tho fly swatting campaign was started In earnest all ocr tho city this week. Kach school was fur nished with score cards by the sup erintendent and tho principles were urged to stir tho scnoola Into making a competitive race. Tho children nro not required to savo tho tiles ax tho school authorities deemed It dangerous to health to have them kept la jars. The parents aro required to sign their children's scoro card Touching for tho accuracy of tho count. The Roosevelt school has divided its grades Into teams. Somo ot tho rooms having as high as four teams in the raco. Tho sixth grade room has a scoro ot 39,600 files killed. Everett Rummcll has high score with over 9000 files killed, Art Fos ter second, with 7300 and James Medley third. Superintendent Collins Is giving every aid to the work and personal ly has had score cards printed. He said, "We will do our part to Make Modtord a fly less town." MILITIA HEAD ORDERED LUDLOW TENTS BURNED TRINIDAD, Colo., May 2. Direct charge that the Colorado National Guard officers gavo the order to "clean out" the Ludlow tent colony and burn the tents was mndo before the coroner's Jury today by J. R. Mc Donald, a stenographer lor tho mili tary commission. The wltncis said the order was given by eltner Major Uamrock, or Captain Carson, he was uncertain which. Questioned about the capturo and death ot Louis Tlkas, a Oreek strike leader, McDonald said he heard a commotion behind the cars and was told Tlkas was a prisoner and would probably be hanged. Later he met Lieutenant Llnderfelt, and asked Lin derfelt if Tlkas was hanged. "No" he testified Llnderfelt ro plled, "I gave instructions Tlkas waB not to be killed but I shouldered a rifle." The witness sworo Llnder felt carried a rifle over his shoulder tho stock to the reaf. The autopsy !, A.I fttllaMB If It (! f HI nt II IA1 UUUItUU 4IKHA HAUI1 MUD iUtU( CUa. THE suggestion that a constitutional amendment be submitted to the people of Oregon, authorizing state and district participation in the construction of railroads, meets general approval. There is every reason to believe that the submission of a similar amendentent a few years ago caused tho Hill invasion and the Harriman activity both of which have since petered out. The realization of state and district aid would inaugurate another program of construction. Railroads which have professed themselves unable to finance needed extensions would find the new law of material benefit, as the, co-operation extended would en able the financing construction and operation of these needed lines. hero co-operation from railroads was withheld, it would permit the people themselves to secure the relief sought, and the development of the region affected. An interesting view of the proposed amendment is ex pressed by Robert G. Smith of Grants Pass, who, as mayoi of his home city, initiated the effort to use the city's credit to assist railroad building. -Mr. Smith says in a letter to the Mail Tribune: "Your editorial in Thursday's Mail Tribune suggests to me that the measures submitted to voters of Oregon in 1908 for amending the constitution by providing for tho organization of railroad building districts, ought again to be submitted to the voters of Oregon this year, and 1 would like to sec the Mail Tribune lead in such a move ment. "The amendments formerly submitted were defeated out of deference to Mr. J. J. Hill, who was just entering 1111 I . . -- t . upon some rauruati luiuuuig in mis state, i uati endeav ored to have such an amendment, submitted by the legis latures in 1003 and 190.1, but the railroads of the. state controlled both those sessions. The efforts of Grants Pass to bond itself o build a railroad have been upheld by the supreme court, and its success will give great impetus to such a movement. "The law under which Grants Pass will issue bonds, which T prepared and had introduced in the legislature, passed the house with only two dissenting votes in 19KJ. This shows the change of sentiment in eight yeai-s. "The Grants Pass act, however, applies only to incor porated cities and towns having over 3000 population, when the proper system would be to have the bondinir dis trict comprise a county or several counties, thereby per mitting the bonds to rest upon all the territory benefited. The railroads thus built could be operated, leased or sold. "Objections would of course be made to burdening couunumues wmi nouns, out let us not forget that the bonds of every railroad are the burden of the people served, as they pay all the interest through fares and freights, as well as dividends upon watered stock. "The burden under municipal or county or district rail roads would be no greater, and probably 'less. Last year the railroads in Oregon paid net profits of over six mil lion dollars. If these were owned and operated bv the state, the net profits would pay the entire cost of the'state government, and provide a sinking fund of over one mil lion dollars a year. "The great success of the municipal street railroads in San Francisco have opened the eyes of the nation, and the public is beginning to realize that the people can engage in enterprises that will pay profits, as well as those like sew erage and police control, which are all outgo, with no rev enue profits in return. "But the greatest object is the development of a coun try now surrounded by the Southern Pacific on three sides, with the ocean on the other side, and no railroads leading to it. Ocean transportation is the kev to Oregon's future, and against this the railroads have 'been fighting for half a century, and railroads to the Oregon harbors will never come by their consent, at least not till their hand is forced by the people." Mr. Smith's suggestions are good. Medford two years ago initiated a rate bill to secure relief from the railroads THE NEW AMERICAN CITY iiiM-iia-Ha-aaiB-MH-MweMMMiMWMHiiaMaMNWi-M-MeewiaMae-M-eM A RcMinie of the Recent Movement In Municipal Colli lei anil the Sntletit IValucc of Civic Rofm hi. lly llonJ. C. Sheldon, Sccrotaiy Mi'dford Charter Commission. VII. TUP. KI'FICIU NOV .MOVUMIXVT. and break .Portland's throttling monopoly upon the traffic of the state. There is no reason why the eonnnunitv should not again take the lead this year in a continuation of thn effort and secure relief as well as development by making possible a program of railroad construction. W. J. IURNS, DETECTIVE, BOILS GEORGIA MOB MARIETTA, Ga May 2. W. J. Rums, famous detective was the cen ter ot an angry demonstration when ho came hero last night presumably lu connection with the investigation ot tho case ot Leo Frank, tho Atlanta factory superintendent under sen teuco ot death for murdering 14 year old Mary I'hagan. One man in the crowd surrounding Darns struck the detective in the face. Others threatened the detective with, violence it ho made a move, to resist tho man. Detective Unrns escaped to a hotel, while C, W. lliirke, who accompanied him bore, summoned deputy sheriffs. This Was tho home of thn slain fac tory clrl and many relutlves still live here. The detcctlvo's assertion that Frank Is Innocent unit James Conley, a negro faitory sweeper convicted as an accessory after tho murder, is alone responsible for the crlmo, aioused lutenso fcellug hero. Hums re turn od to Atlanta tonight. f RAIN GRADE BILL DEFEATED IN SENATE WASHINGTON, May 8 Jly a volo f 37 to SO tho sarnie Inst night do. fMtvd Honalor McCuiiiIht's bill pro. vMlNtf a Moral Inspection and grad Ink if-KralM MjilerlNtfUi liiUirstalo IMMNtHfW siriit UNltrnod lo " cciire wiifwwHy Jn ittuHitun) and riBMin This Country Owes Columbia Apology (From the Sacramento lice.) strong nation njiologtzing to n wenk News comes from Wiodiiiiston to nution whom the potent ono has tho effect Hint tho senate of the' wronged. The net of mnnliness Jh United Slutes may refuno to confirm the recently negotiated trcuty with Colombin, not only becaiihu it pro poses to pay that nation $23,000,000, hut because it makes an open apol ogy to Colombia. Tho latter heems to be the princi pal rcuon for the objection of the Honntor-f, Thin pnjnienl of 2.r,000,000 was to be hecnuhe of bind taken fiom Colombia without any justification or tfcht, hiivo the riht of inibt, mid thih apology huh to be an a partial amende for n very dishonorable ac tion. For when the United States took from Colombia the one through which the Panama canal panic, hhc deliberately ilole it. Tliete is no other word to expic the action, And evcti tho man who did it Theodore Itopsewlt cun find no better cxouo therefor than that it bad to be done, or the fonstiiiclioii of Ibo Panama canal would bo lur, far in the Inline, Under thcko ciicaiiDitanccM I ho pujnient of lbl money, with an ajtol iH'i would be lilllo cnoiiyh for IliU nation to do an a mailer of common jiitlictt and common donor. It would not be a Innuilhillujf thing, rillier. Jt would be an ml of manllnc ami of 'i'liujo i iMUUijt .co mm illy in u to apologize. H la iinmnnlv not to do ho. And if the United .Slates ol America apologizes to Colombia for this theft ufter reimbursing her, she would not only bo able to hold her hand higher among the nations of tho earth, but she would be much belter respected by her own citiens nt home, Hy nil means let Hie United States pay this money In Colombia and apologi.o at the Mime lime. It ii very little icpaiatioii under the ciioumMunee NOTICK. Notice Is hereby given that the un. derslgned will apply to the city coun ell of tho city of Medford, Oregon, at Its next regular meeting, May 6th, 1!M, for a license to noil malt, vln oils and Hplrltous liquors at their place of business, on North Fir street, Medford, Oregon, for a period of six mouths. Dated April 23, 1914. ROOm: ItlVKIt VAM.KY IJNIVnil' HITV CI.UU. Take a Look. And a rlil i) In it Maxwell .ind yon will buy one, If yon want All unto. Ll blsuks 101 Ml At tit Mall Trlbuut oMc, If lit the mind of the nverngo citiren tlm movement for municipal tofoim in Ahum Sen it eoiifneil to charter te ition. While thai i of piimo im portance and in moxt oiti" a eon oiiininnlion it,i'ottnnly precedent to n iciil and permanent inform, there are collateral moicmt'tiN which, while not t'-oulinl piut of tin' char lor ivwnm (eoniuiHMnn govern ment) movement, me nlmtwt as im poiliuit. Thov have been introduced in muiio cities when the I'oiiuuit'.inii iiiouuiioiit has not ot taken toot. but in the main thov accompany it. Of tlit'M' one of the mi"! itnpoitiiiil is commonly referred to n the "ef ficiency nioietiieiit.'' . (May 1 digress long enough to re mind the rentier thill the term "coin inioMon government," a- I iim' it, anil as il i generally used, includes the city manager plan; for in icalily the city manager plan is simply an im proved fcatnit' milled to the original ctunmisoioii form). Oct Tilings Done The efficioiicv movement lias ml- dressed itself to biingiiig city busi ut'ss methods up to the level of the best private business methods, cluri- f.ving city finances, establishing no curate records of nil transactions, eliminating waste, chocking opportu nities for dishonesty ami, above all else, providing thorough publicity. It also niiiiM to remove citv gov ernment from any position of isola tion ninl to make it the customary and accepted agency for "getting things done." Doing things effic iently moans doing them thoroughly. Ignoring some of the fundamental and intimate problems of city life, constantly pressing for solution, does not in the long rim make for econ omy nor n M'minncut eolation. Wages, poverty, destitution, iincm plovmcnl, food supply, fuel supply, nro terms which used to be foreign to the vocabulary of n city govern ment, but happily no longer. At Inst it is realized that community welfare is made up of the vrolfnrc of the in dividuals. City Ilurrati Public-spirited citizens of Xew York during tho six years between 11)00 and 1012 contributed upwards of $,"00,0u0 to enable, the bureau of municipal research of that citv to employ experts to cooH'rnte in put ting New York's city business on an efficiency basis. Similar agencies in Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hobokcn mid cNrwhere have during the same time received .'.100.000 from citizens for like work. Milwaukee and Koston have established official bureaus of efficiency. The president of the United States has organized an official commission on cconoinv and efficiency; nil necking to apply the efficiency movement to govern mental problems. Commission governed cities would not be consistent without the effic iency program. Centralization of re sponsibility ami authority is a car dinal principle in commission govern ment. Nothing would violate Ibis principle more than the distribution into parallel channels, among several employes, of a given technical func tion. Good Charter Xcceswrjr The efficiency movement considers the new charter (if it be n good one) as contributing the efficient machine. Kfficient bcenusu it makes officials responsive to ibo jM-ople's will; effic ient because it enables those clothed with responsibility to know exactly what they are expected to do, and the people io know whether they are do ing it; efficient because it is easy to olact! both credit and blame; effic ient becuusit it rmiscs public interest in community affairs. Charter revision usually stops with the establishment of niicb u machine designed for efficient woik. It should not slop there. It should contain provisions that make obliga tory tho introduction of certain meth ods providing for tho efficient man ning and running of that machine. True, if people do not elect honest and capable men, no kind of a char ter can make a good city administra tion, but it can help mightily both bv piovitling methoilH that contribute lo efficiency ami by setting up alarm signals wherebv the citicns gcucrnllv can know bow the machine is running and where it metis adjusting, llfflcient Organization Thcio must ho an efficient oiguu izatiou. That folloivs close after the efficient chillier. An efficient or. gnnizntioii places tlm right men in the tight places, ai ranges woik in proper chiHuificalioji; makes clcai individual responsibility and liuks; brings dolaojiod buioaiis for auditing, olo., together under olio, coiittol, Kffioieiii'y of personnel is impor tant in oilier words, a specially trained, skillfully diieotod and per uiuiioully ouiplovoil ooips of citv wotkers lo mutt the oigiiuiratioii mid to devise, unpen ! and nc methods that will give a hioiul, efficient pio- grnui of net-lice to the o'iiizoiih of the city. Accounts, ltcNirts Accounting ami repotting methods are of fn-t impoi lance. Thov must be complete; they miis bo svslom. atic; they must he on a plan tank ing them easily understood, for tho citizen iiuis judge ntlicial hv results mid ho cannot judge them without a full understanding of tho facts. The alert citizen wants to know whether a service is well done and what it costs. Iluilgct, I'lirvliuNliig Agent Iliidgft-mnkiug hhould bo pioiidcd. Officers can hung themselves mid the Hoplt into close teliilious by calling in general mlvico nml help in the making of a budget and then con fining themselves strictlv to it. Its great benefit is o piovitlo for a gen eral, well coiisideicil, well biilmiceil plan of notion. It minimizes log lolling mid ttadiug. Thcie should be a busiuoss-liko cen tral purchasing agency to buy all supplies rcipiireil by the city govern ment, nt tho lowest price vonilih' considering the ipuility mid grade of the supplies rcipiireil. Also proper storago regulations, rurllicrmorf, every officer should maintain an ac curate list of nil city properly in his cure, mnl the disHisiloii of each item of the sumo. Publicity Tho efficiency movement rcoiiircs ample publicity. Nothing less can bo made to do. The publication of the tacts, in an easily understood man ner, is the surest way to enable citi zon to keep close control over pub lic nl fairs. Records must he kept in n manner designed for a prompt transfer of the same, at any time, to reports that arc self-explanatory. It often happens that the mot costly inefficiency U not cxtrnvn giince or waste in doing work, hut failure to so plan the work that it will properly meet tho coiiiuiiinitv's needs. If city affairs arc misdi rected it is poor satisfaction to the taxpavcr to know that each cmplo.vc is giving a full days work, that sup plies nrc purchased at n reasonable price and Hint there is no graft. One of tho greatest causes of waste and inefficiency is the lack of far-sighted plans for the citj'n growth. Lack of city planning or poor planning arc Voiling Amcricaii cities much more in the long run than graft and oorly qualified officials, dcrmon cities are setting us a won derful example in that regard. A charter should not be burdened with tho details of these efficiency requirements. They are usually loft to an administrative code, Itnt the charter should provide that such a codu must bo adopted, and should nH!eify some of the salient require ments for efficiency which such code should contain. This is the Plade To liavo your work done by . concern that has a payroll and supports your city. We no work as cheap as it is pos sible for first-class work. It is the know-how that en ables us to exccll all others. All work called for and de livered. GM0? WESTON'S CAMERA SHOP Recently remodeled and enlarged, added new cameras and apparatus and Is now strictly up-to-date lu evory way. Coinmerlcal Work of all Klwh John A. 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Ivor) Itarn on South Riverside. KvurjthliiK new mid up to-datu I. Ivory mid amhiilniicu servlco. Phono 150 OAUNYAW & BOSTWIOK, Props. Not a Bargain Hut More Thau a lliugnln A GREAT BIG SNAP Port)' aires of cxtellciil ranch properly, fluo lotutlou, eight miles from Medford, all feared, In cultivation, plenty, of wnter, tlood op. porluulsy.fuc cither lnvoitiiiont-or-boniir plare " I'rlto CuliO with easy lerms. Will (rude for town properly Hon T. H. E. HATHAWAY JI7 West .Mitln Street IIiiIc'ji Plnito lloutn rr It speaks lo Ihe hear! through Ihe pockcthook. That's why Ihe Ford is ajrientl lo thousands the world over. "What any other car will do the Ford will do and more at a fraction of the cost. Huv totlav. fror Is tho prlro of tlm I'ord runabout; tho touring car Is IHIIi f. o. b. Medford, complete with equipment, (let catalog and particulars from C. E. GATES SPARTA llt'll.llINd, Mi:ill'ORI, ori:. 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