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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1915)
PAGE tfOTTTC ftrEDtfORD matt, trtpitnr MEDFOim oreoon. prttuy. .tatstuay 1. mtn Southern Oregon a Veritable Sportsman's Paradise & v - ;srPfs vwy : SSAa .V9t XjBKS v $Krer sw . . .. sl XXLM' .-;:i, ;tVl':5sk N MKOL x , .-.'Jtfi - LsLsLsLsLsHIHLn iSBKjaK wst Eft?1- -l tB-j JBJBBJEBVJBBBHBjlJBjflJBjfBJBjBJBJBjBjiji rislihiR at Cratrr Ikc TJio TmUc In Hill of Trout WpIkIiIiik ius IIIkIi as Six roiindx. Autotnoltllc CompInR Vnrty To TxMt "Topucry Hilt" at the Wheel Show ing the Splash of n Secn l'ountlcr riKhthiK for Lift. Tlio first trout in Crater Iako wore carrlwl In a bucket by Will C. Steel twenty odd years ago. Slnco then they liae been replenished frequent ly and now furnish flno sport. There aro extensive opportunities in Jack son county for hunting and fishing. Tho Rogue river especially, offers royal sport at certain reasons In fly fishing for the steel l)end (rainbow) trout, the fish '.fining from three to twelve, pounds or moro in weight. Larger salmon may bo caught by trolling or by spoon, and thero are a great many streams in tho foothills and mountains where brook trout aro plenti ful in season. Tho several lakes of the district, Including Hah lake. Squaw lake, Four-Mile lake and Lake of the Woods tho latter two lakes being Just out sldo the county boundaries to the cast offer splendid outing Bites, In cluding fishing, hunting and boating. Quail and grouse are plentiful in many sections of Jackson county, and deer are fairly numerous In nearly every wooded part of tho county at certain times, and plentiful at near ly all times in other sections. Dear and cougars aro not so plentiful, but may often bo found in the most iso lated districts. A large hatchery on the Rogue riv er at tho mouth or i:k creek is oper ated by the United 8tutea Bureau of Hatcheries, turning loso from 5,000, 000 to 10,000,000 6almon fry yearly. In co-operation with tho State Fish and Ganio Commission, from 1,000, 000 to a, 000,000 trout fry aro hatched and liberated annually, thus ensuring good fishing for future years. UIU and stream lured residents of Jackson county in 19U. According to records of tho county clerk's of fice CU'S gamo licenses wero granted as follows, fishing 3003, hunting, 2984, and 177 combination hunting iittm: iiUTTi) cri:i:ic, secitci: of mkdfoimvk watiiu supply, acood stuijam ran trout. BBJBJBJBJBJBJBJBJBJBJBJBHb2BBBsdC v QBBVtnrkflBsMHBJBBi1 and fishing licenses. Nowhere else In Oregon docs fish and gamo abound so plentiful ns in this section, nnd all within a day's travel from Med ford. The opening of tho doer season netted Its regular fatality, one man being mistaken for a deer by a mem ber of his own party. It was tho only accident of seriousness in hunt ing during tho year. In tho spring, summer, and fall scores of Medford families take to the woods for hunting and fishing, and out door sport has a long list of devotees of both sexes. County Schools Jackson county's public school sys tem consists of two districts of the first class (having more than 1000 children of school ago), Medford and Ashland; five districts of tho second class (from t'00 to 100 children of school age), Central Point, Jackson llle, Gold Hill, Talent and Phoe nix, and nlnct-ono districts of tho third clus.t. The county Is dUIded Into throo supervisory districts. Two supervis ory aside from tho county superin tendent are employed to suporvlso tho work in tbe rural schools. During tho past school year tlfero was an enrollment of 494S pupils and -13 teachers wero employed. Fourteen high schools wore In oper ation with an enrollment of 710 pu pils. Manual training and domestic science courses have been Introduc-' ed In tho schools of Medford, Ash land, Central Point, Gold Hill and Talent, Other places will take up this sumo work in another year. Spe cial instructors In music are employ ed In Medford, JncksonW le, Central Point, Talent, Phoenix, Gold Hill, Rogue River and Wagner Creek. During tho last six years every Incorporated town In the county, with ono exception, has erocted an up-to-dato xchool building, and BflflflBflBflHfltflflL XmtltKLJ'f imKtkJmOTTi BflBBflflHilflBtfA? JXBfcErOsi flflflflflflflBflBflflflflflflflfllflflflflflflFTflflflflPiBlnS w wf jFbmHmbJblZwJJI flflflBflrflHBBflflWiBH BBBBBBBBKBBBBBMbMkBBBBBflBBBBBl IWfBjBBmiiy.te fr-vr&rAfBirTZ - "- B"l"l"BflHMGMV XtatmtiJtmMMK Z Jl. I lfefiVBBBHBHBMBflifiTlkhflHBBBiS'' "-VI ""BitTC,'''J BbbBiV i iwJ&l'-iL -SbSbBbPbb V.wn 11 Tuo-Pound Steelhend MiiUos n Gaum right, by any of tho towns. Altogether Valley Railway, can truly bo clnssed during theso six years fifty now among tho best hiiNliiom lilork.i In school buildings lmvn been erected the rlty. In tho county, most of thorn modern I Tho building Is SOxlOO In slzo nnd in every way. 'four stories high uxcluslvo of bane- jment. The bawinont nnd flrnt story wnlls are of roncrote, the other three stoiles of whlto prosEcd brick with concrete Kills and trlmmliiKS. There aro fi7 rooms, all supplied Love and Death Cupid's dart fellod 9 1 Jackson county couples during tho year that ended December .'SI, and f8 couples were dlvorcod In proceedings boforo tho circuit court. Thero wore moro marriages und less divorces than In tho pruceodlng car. Tho month of June lead with 28 appllcatlonn for llccnsm. lmyMBBBBBjWTT'. ... JtKWKKtrr'mmmmTfKKtFKtKKIKKKtttKKKlU bKu3 JB tJB r 1 B V JSBHBu&vBBF L-i.'i bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbV'4'bbbbbbB' JbbbbH irSMkt J lyfysliii fl if?T - trwJMKli,BisisisisiiBisisisisW ipnuwwnf. &V BHKlBWtBr JiilililililHk9iEa9i)lllllllllllllllHi Medford and Jackson ounty was many of tho rural districts have remarkably freo from crlmo duilng school facilities not to bo excelled ,fll, " mr spattered tho calendar with blood, that of Gamo Warden A. S. Hubbard by Lorls Martin, gamo poacher hold In tho county Jull awaiting trial. Martin will plead self defense Tho chief crime wan forgory, Med ford merchants being Ictlmlod ovor n dozen times by bad penmen. Most of theso woio caught, but a number mado their getaway, Tho usual amount of petty thieving that In flicts any community was noticeable, but Juvenile delinquency, hold-ups, burglaries, and laiceny wnro below tho averago. Tho police docket fthows that tho thief offonso was vitiation of the auto laws speeding and running without lights. During tho mimmpr and win ter wholesale arrests wero mado for theso violations. Airosts for drtinkonesH and dlHor dcily conduct wcuo tho lowest In (ho clti's history. with hot nnd cold water, and half of thorn with ImtliH. Thoro Is a lurgn basement In which Is Installed n steam heating plant. On tint first floor thero will he; n largo, well ap pointed lobby, a dining loom nnd liltchen, a store or sample 100m und AN' I.VIJMVfi'.S (UTCII lllg SjiIiiioii C'uiiulit on llm Uiuer It ogue. 'Ihi. llsli, Weighing up tin I If Kit 70 H. 'In lie tho Sjmmiii Itfiul ll mill IiiUi 11 'IViilfle hlrnggle. Itilow Diij'h Cntill of Id'giltt It lci i'liiiil. bniber ulioji. Tho building, when completed, will rout a little moro than $30,000. Tho mime It will cuiry will bo "Hotel llarnuin." other In the nltle of tio Diamond Induing hoiuo, both of North Cen tral nenue. The flro calls during tho year totaled liii, it lnrr.e per teiiKiKo of which were for grass fires In the Mummer montliH. Tho jour hniucht two suits to tho city, 0110 questioning the nllillty of n sower iiKnoHHiimnt In District 13, nnd tho other bioiiKlit by tho Call- Last nr hroucht to Medford few chniiKes In tin municipal organisation, tho official chnngoH being tho re tirement of Water .Superintendent GeorgoTraiinn and Flro Chlnf Hiigiino Amy. An nuxllllary flro trunk was foriiln-OniKoii Power (ompany for en- ndded to the fire protection faclllllo. tnbllshlng of Its fniiiclilno rights Thoro weio two fires during ttio tl(tiiKl the fmlornl lourtM. -Ilolli year In tho IiiihIiidm district, 0110 in have benu mukh In rnntrniirsy for tho Hlulno Klu in p,lnt nliiiji, and the uioiiIIih. or kti:i:i.iii;ii 'inner i.itu.'ivi mi: poinds i:cn, A New Hotel The now hotel now being erected at tho iioilheust corner of North Front and Fifth streets by W. S. Uar niiin, president of tho Rogue Rhor B .IHB isisPisisisHKr' K " fiK n f 4 t
