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Offlclnl,lM)or .of tho City of Medford.
Official Paper of .Innknon County,
ICntnred Hewnd-cUns matter t
Medfnrd, Oregon, under tho net of March
8. 1119)
Sworn Clroulnllon -for lM4. S5SS.
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WELL RECEIVED IN
EASTERN LOCALITIES
I.cltcrs -received Tiy joail tcoplc
from jiersofls residing m tho cast to
whom they sent copies of the "Mail
Tribune's New Ycnr issue, show Hint
the papers were wejl received, and
tire proving fine ndvcrtiscmetits of
this section. A letter received by
Dr. J. L. Hill from Mrs. Archibald
Johnson of Montrose, Colonido, reads
as follews:
"In looking over Ihe New Year's
issue of the Medford Mail Trilimiv,
I nm especially interested in Uie re
port upon fruit, .wjiicu. certainly com
pares well with Tfpbrts from other
states where deciduous fruits are cul
tivated. Judgng from tho illustra
tions pars must thrive in the Hoptc
llivcr valley and prices quoted sug
gest exceptional quality, showing
cure ful and ntclligcnt cultivation. In
daw cone bwtrecs were planted nnd'
"just growed," receiving but little nt-J
Iciuicm, excellency cu quamy or me
reverse being credited to tho soil or
to the caprice of tho -clement. Xow,
howver, this branch of agriculture V
receiving ils due proportion of care-"
fill ctudy and the frtiif grower who
wal-s n. .success" of tlie .business i J
Tic whi:nvnils himself tif 'every vtvec
lion -or tlispovprj which ;raay Irnd'to
produci- tho highest grade of fruit.
Tjuit the Oregon jtcars, apples mid
peai.'iie3 n);c fully up to date in nuiill-.
ty pnri quantity is nltestod ly the
crop returns, r.nd by Hie fact that
they iiavo tittniucd celebrity. The
inercnc in produclion" during llw !nsl
Cvq yenrs is phcpoinwinl, nnd 'd Se
ostimnlc of over a million hose for
1JU5 i fulfilled with n growing tn
!rene jfnini yer to year the apples
nnd ioars( ?Vam Jtj,'iie lifivpr y:iMey
-will go 'far to supply the demand for
tlicso fruits.
"Apnin referring to lhoillus'trjitionH
I note the wide spu'eo ' between tlie
rows of trees, givinc nmnle room for
hnulincr. snraying. etc., nnd obviating
the necessity for taking out any of
the tree's when they ueeomo Jarge.
resdaucc. The story of thq stateoi
rVi.-rim -nu told in the Xew Ven'r's K-
kiiloT' the Medford Mil Tnlv'io
msot. attractive and interesting; lb the:
liumeseckcr and holds out nvonueriui
pronpho of finnuciul success (o ihe,
liVrt.i-esslVo. cnnicst worker of
"uticktoitivc" clutraetcr. "Alt things
come to those who wait."
-"The -get up of tho paper is excep
tionally line, the illustrations being
dear und. Iho various wnteup-i ,in-'j
teresting and to the point,
Another from M. 0. Wilder of Bat
tle Creek, Michigan, reads:
"I have boon interested in looking
over tho Nqw" Year's Kditiorf f lh"
Medford Mail Tribune, grout icdlt
is duo the editor. Medford ba uirnt
)osKibili(eH. in lief uroducUve (iiiiilitiis
and diversity of resources. '1'he scet
oiy is beautiful wi h her forco f
pc'tivo buHiness men Medford unci
vitality has u great futuro. Hut'''
Creek lqq is sflll pushing ulieiid n:.'
coiitiimiiijy making improvements Wo
lire having, an idoal -vyinter."
KLAMATH FALLS LOSES
BOTH tASKET BALL GAMES
Tlio'KUmatii Falls liteh school bas
ket Hll "tal l0Et t0 Medrord lit lost
" nlglit'a gn'mo by a scoro of ,24-1, Tho
Klamath Falls boys aro 'exceptionally
fast but were unable lo play collec
tively lit last uleUt's coiitost. A fea-
- tura pt UiogaiiioVaa the tcanrwo'rk
,ot the locals. Medford won the girts
jjatno H-l. Nellie Corum was easily
(jthe star.
Swoke Home-MMto Cigar.
governor Johnson, Mt. PU ana La
VitttitBt llw :. , ,
"Medfovd has every appearance ox
n flourishing ci'y whoso climatic con
ditions juuke it a desirable place of
SIDESTEPPING:
TltlD prohibition luvr ptissod hy llie ltotiso should he
lalu'llod "rtn act to enable the liquor industry of out
side states to flourish at t.he expense of local industry. and
exempt it from taxation.'1 ' ."
The bill prohibits the inanufaeturo and sale ofiiquors'
within the state, exeept manufacture of sacramental wine.;
It closes not only the breweries, but iorbids the tanner
from making family wine, asihas been done around Jack
sonville for half a century.
It forbids the sale or purchase of Oregon made wine
or beer, but permits every individual to import two qunrts
a month ot spirituous liquor
malt liquor made outside of Oregon in each twenty-eight'
days, thereby making the home a saloon and stimulating,
the bottlo-jaff.
3t prohibits advertising by Oregon ptipers, billboards,
letters or circulars in Oregon, but of course permits tho
papers, letters and circulars printed and mailed outside the
state to circulate in Oregon, thereby helping to send the
money out of the state. v
It forbids druggists from handling anything but pure
alcohol and requires druggists and common carriers to
keep complete records available for public inspection, and
permits individuals and organizations to employ prosecut
ors, who shall be recognized as assistant district attornoys
thereby creating a reign of espionage and busybody
meddling with private affairs, decidedly un-American.
Physicians cannot sell, lint may administer liquor, pro
vided they'are willing to go into court to prove that it was
necessary. .It provides methods for the abatement of
places where -liquor is soldor given away, suspends doctors
and druggists' licenses, removes district attorneys and
provides jail penalties for all violations after the first.
It forbids club lockers and the use of liquor in hotels
and restaurants, but everyone can have all the booze they
desire by patitmizing mail-order booze houses over the
border have it on tap all the time, not in a regulated
license-paying place, but in your own home.
This is not prohibition. This is not what the people
voted for. Prohibition needs no involved law, no interpre
tation by self-appointed committees of one hundred or
others who love their toddies. Prohibition means the pro
hibition ot Ihe manutacture. sale, purchase or transporta
tion of liquor. To prohibit the manufacture and sale and
permit tlic purchase and transportation makes the Ore
gon variety of prohibition a revenue-destroying joke,
leaving .the evil effects and removing the redeeming feat
ures of the liquor industry.
It looks as if the legislature is not acting in good faith,
but seeking to prevent real prohibition by a hypocritical
pretense that removes the outward shell, but 'leaves the
vice kernel undisturbed.
.If a special referendum election is held in the fall and
a referendum on the prohibition bill sustained, a special
session of the legislature will be necessary for a new law.
This also will be refcrended, and the matter put up to the
jpeople at the next general election, and prohibition fail to
go into ericci; j anuary a, .ituo, Tiirougii ihck ot an ciiauinig
act. Perhaps this is the legislative intent.
YOUTH
IN EVANS4 CREEK?
GOLD UILW Or., Fdi. C Tat
Chester Xclnon, a youthful trapper,
went down in tho cold tprrent of Evr
nns creek, wliile attempting to ford
tlie stronni, is Jie t.neory advanced oy
searching parties which have sought
him iiinci; dis disappearance last
Similar afternoon. Nelson is 21-
yen rs old and an orphan, cared for in
bpyhood at the Portland orphanage.
Hcecntly he returned from Wyoming
and secured employment at the l'a-'
tillo ranch, near (he forks of Kvan$
creek. Tho big wobds appealed tp
!hirn and ho set out a Hue of traps.
Sunday afternoon Nelson set out to
investigate his trap,-. Sineo that time 1
nothing has been seen of 3iim, nor
any clew secured to explain his ab;
pejnee. Monday morning iv search
was instituted and tho lack of any
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rvfdcnto to the contrary leads to the '
belief that he attempted to crux tin 1
swollen creek nnd was carried to his
death in the chill waters. Krom the (
fact that his best clothing and ninny
personal effects remain nt tho ranch, '
iis urgued that his continued b-
sence is not n voluntary one, and ,
only to bo explained by accident or (
denth.
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SALH&Pr., t'eb. fi.r-J.y a vote qf
21 to 0 the sciiiiito yesterday after
noon passed IJutlpr's resolution U
submit to the -voters a constitutional
amendment providing for a divided
session of the legislature. Senator
Wood served notice (hat Senator La
Folic! t would move to reconsider tio
vole.
The proposed amendment provides
Hint the legislature shall meet the
second Monday in nJiiuary of each
lqgislativq year, and continue in sqs
pioii for not liioro t lion twenty days,
jvjion a recess of not less than fif-
teeu dnvs shall bo taken. Upon to
iissemblihg tho second hulf of the
hpssinn'is not to be for loneer thlili
1 twentv cIhvk. The amendment pliices
a ymfi ( fiv0 j, tmt j, lt,ouiljr
l of tho legislature, may introducJo.
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SESSION
FOR
LEGISLATURE
MEDFORTT SrATt) TRIBUNE.
PROHIBITION ,
ami twenty-tour quarts ol
mm in hi
SALEM, Feb. fl.Tho .house fUli
and gnmo committee last evening
completed a draft of a bill including
all the suggestions for changes in the;
gamo laws thus far made. Ono change
makes the season on buck deer from
August Jo to October 31. The pres-
jewt season is August 1 to October
31. Tho bag limit is o temnin at
threo deer for tho season. Jackson
county, which heretofore ha been
dosed on Chinese ;
Chinese pheasants, is to be
opened fronj OC'tobqr 1 to October JO.
An additional open sqason is provided
on ducks, geese and other ncpintic
birds in Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam,
Morrow and Tmatilla counties, niakr
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nig tlie wliolu season irom hcpicmncr
15 to April J. In llitruuy, Mnlhcpir,
Lake and Grant counties the season
on llieso birds is fixed from Septem-n-t-1
4n December 31 nnd from March
1 .pril 15. The present scu'-oii in
t1(li,e r0untitts is September l." to
March Jo. Wasco county is to have
, open season cm mairio chickens
from .September J" to October J.'i.
The reason pn blue or sooty grouse is
,0 0)n August lit, instead of Sep.
tcnibc.r J, und extend to October 31,
flie bng limit is to be increased from
five birds to ten birds. An open sea
son Is granted on fpinll oJ" all kinds
every year from October I to Octo
ber ill.
AMENDMENTS ADOPTED-
TO IRRIGATION CODE
SALEM, Or., Feb. fl.-Threo irri
gation bills were passed by the house
yesterday, including one that had
been defeated Wednesday. This -vyas
reconsidered and amended on motion
of Mr. Hunt of Clnchiimas county,
Tlicso measures aro nil amendments
to the 'prcsc't irrigation code, .do
signed to make, the lnw moro in con
formity with laws of, other states,
that tho gepcral policy of the gov
ernment may work out alike to all the
stnles,
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John A. Perl
UNDERTAKE
Ltly AHWul
PbOBM M. 47 fto 4TJI
KmmlamMnm
GAMELAWCHANGES
MEDFORD, OREO ON. SATURDAY, JiTORUARY fi,
TIME FOR ACTION
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It Is a Public Necessity That thVLuin
ber; Industry Be Developed in
Jackson County
People of Jackson county wheii speaking of the re
ives Of the count v always mention the undeveloped tim
sour
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er resources as one of its large assets. Uut for what; pur
pose, or in what way is it. an asset? The timber while
pose
standing serves no beneficial purpose from any standpoint,
if builds no structures: itTurnishcs no market for loboV,
and it is no medium for commercial exchange. Thorelore,
timber is not worth anything to this generation (.so long
as it is standing timber) except to the speculator. To the
community at large, it is'a liability rather than an asset.
This may sound unreasonable, but the facts arc these:
Mueluif this timber Tias matured, is deteriorating in qual
ity, and will steadily decrease in value until it is cut. The
land upon which the timber stands is useless, but with
saw mills in operation and purchasing logs, the owner can
secure .funds to put his land under cultivation, and is thus
enabled to make his property a1 steady income preducer:
expenses such as fire protection, etc., are eliminated, and
the property has even an increased value.
TIMBER RESOURCES. There aro in .Jackson County,
Oregon, today, as standing timber, more ih.au twenty bil
lions of feet available for manufacturing purposes. This
timber extends over an area of one million acres and when
manufactured will produce on
lumber to the acre. . N
In order , to manufacture the matured standing timber
into lumber at the rate of 2i per cent per annum, it will
require forty years to-cut the present stand, and the in
creased growth of standing young timber would offset a
manufactured product of 2V! per cent per year. If there
were 2j per cent manufactured per annum it would re
quire fiOOO men working each day to turn out the product.
At the present price of labor it costs $8 per thousand
feet to manufacture standing timber into lumber. There
fore in order to manufacture the available standing tinibcl'
in Jackson County, it would represent an outlay in labor
of one hundred and sixty million dollars. ,
SHOULD BE DEVELOPED. What Jackson County
needs is to have the resources which we have here opened
no. "Wehavc well earned the reputation of being a com
munity that helps itself, and the necessity for a further
.confirmation of this reputation is certainly present at this
time. "We want new industries and we need new indus
tries, and-the Industry that will bring to the community,
and distribute in, the community more wealth than any
other which might be established is the lumber industry.
When the timber interests of anv section are opened ut, a
large market for labor, at the
is provided. The production
cupation -which opens up new districts; brings employ
ment;, transportation; clears the land; furnishes markets
for the sett lei's and brings into the county new wealth
upon which other industries are supported.
A REGULAR'PAYROLL. ..Ask any Jackson County
property 'owner what he considers Jackson County's
greatest need, and he will say "a regular payroll." Then
consider this, no other industry that can be mentioned,
available for establishment in Southern Oregon, will fin
nish employment for as many high class, intelligent, self
respecting laborers as that of the timber industry.
As. previously nientionc(l, there are one million acres
of standing timber in the forests of Jackson County
awaiting the Umbci-iimn's axe, and. on an avcrago, every
acre of this timber when manufactured, will produce one
carload of lumber, and a substantially accurate calculation
of tho returns to the laboring man from this timber, if it
-were- cut would amount to $1()0 per acre. In-fact there
tire thousands of individual trees that will produce more
than a carload ot lumber and return to the laboring man
more than $1(10 for each tree when manufactured into lum
ber. FINANCIAL DEPRESSION One of the caiiHes for fir
IN JACKSON COUNTY. nancial depression in
Jackson County iV'the grcht' volume of money that is actu
ally sent each ycaV beyond its borders for tlie purchase of
supplies, the inajorpart of which we should produce and
develop t home.
The Southern Pacific Company has furnished me with
a statement of lumber and lumber products used for build
ing purposes.'box shook, arid, wood, received at stations
Rogne River to Ashland inclusive, November 1, J OKI, to
October !H, 19J4, inclusive, not-including lumber, ties,
etc, consigned lo the Southern Pacific Cempany:
i.' I.umbiir Sblnifles'Hox Shook I.atJi Wood
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Medford
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Total, IJ08 carloads of lumber, shingles,- box shook, and
lath, and 449 carloads' of wood, making 847 .carloads of
these products that originated outside and were shipped
into Jackson County during that period.
With tliis statement of funis for the consideration of
the people of .Jackson County, I desiro to take this oppor
tunity of asking the people of this county to co-operat6!
with me and assist me in the establishment of a sawmill,
and box factory in the City
nnrnnt that tho solution of
county .cannot, bo loft to individual efforts. neither onej
an average, one car load of
best wages paid in the world,
of lumber is the pioneer oc
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mall, nor one set of men, can accomplish II. There must be, (
a unity of effort by the people of the cities and the county, '
and each should do his share. Vhat makes for the good
of one, makes for the good of all. It Is only Hv mutual as
sistance that, any industry can succeed conuucivially.
.It would be my purpose to organise a lumber company
to be known as the Crater Lake Lumber Company, to .op
erate a saw mill and box factory and do a general timber,
logging and retail lumber business, with a capacity imhar
mony with the needs for lumber products-.- We would whuf;
to make this a .lackson County enterprise, conti'olledaiid
operated by .Jackson County people, to first servo 'the
needs of .Jackson County.
CAPITALIZATION The capital stock of said cor'piira
OP COMPANY. lion shall be one hundred and fifty
thousand (sfeino.OOO) dollars, par value one hundred 100)
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dollars a share. I desire to raise $f 1,000 of said sum in
Jackson County for this enterprise. I will subscribe for
$.r)0,000 additional, payable in saw mill, box factory, log
ging equipment, ground for mill site and timber, all of
which will be needed in construction and operation.
I desire to make this clear by stating that the property
which I turn in does not have to be valued at $00,000; the
value to the company is to be fixed by the company. Only
such of the equipment as shall be suitable, and which can
lie used to advantage by the new corporation, shall become
a part of the equipment of the newplani. The question of
value and Ihe suitability of the same for the new plant is
to be left to the judgment of such parties as the stockhold-'
ers'of this corporation shall select.
With $i 1,000 subscribed by Jocal people, thus assuring
the moral support of the community for the enterprise,
there will be little difficulty.in disposing of tho $10,000 in
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As an additional safeguard, to prevent any rival inter
ests from acquiring a controlling interest in the corpora
tion, which might result in a mode of operation, or lack of
operation, to the. detriment of the local interests, I desire
an exclusive option to purchase any or all of the stock at
any time within three years from the date of the organiza
tion of the company, tit .llif) per share, less tho dividends
actually paid. This docs not mean that the original stock-.
holders arc required to sell their stock to me within that
time, but if ony stockholder desires to sell, that I shall
have the exclusive option to buy the same from the holder
thereof.
PAYMENT OF Stock subscriptions shall be
STOCK SUBSCRIPTIONS, payable twenty per cent;
upon the organization of the company and twenty, per cent
monthly thereafter; or those who desire to subscribe for
stock oiid pay ten per cent monthly, may do so by paying
seven per cent interest upon deferred payments falling due
after the first four monthly pavments.
PLAN OF OPERATION. 1 1 is my plan to locate saw mill
and box factorv immediately south of and adjoining the
city-limits of Bedford, on the Pacific Highway. Jloth (lib
Southern Pacific and Pacific ic lOastern have assured mo
a satisfactory log rate to this point from all stations in
Jackson ( 'ounty.
The plan is to erect a saw mill and box factory, each
having a capacity of f0,000 feet, per day.
It would be a pari, of my plan to enter into A contract
with the b'orcst Service at such time as it is necessary, for
a permanent timber supply. However, for the present ..
would buy logs loni the timber settlers, who can log and
haul their timber to. railroad shipping points, assuring
them not only a ready market, but immediate cash returns
for their timber.
The plant would not only do a wholesale, but also a re
tail lumber and box business, and would also have a local
market for its slab wood and by-pvoducts.
By locating its plant on the Pacific Highway, the com
pany would be enabled to make immediate deliveries by
auto truck to all-the towns in the ItogucKivor Valley, thus
avoiding the overhead and operating expense of local lum
beryards at these points.
"Within a vad,iiis of ten miles from the proposed plant
there are over 40,000 acres of orchards to which box shook
can be delivered by auto truck, without the necessity of
rail shipment. 4
Under normal conditions the valley should produce
next season lf00 carloads of fruit, which will require IKK),--
000 boxes. These, together with boxes used for other pur
poses, will have a Value of approximately $100,000, and if
these were manufactured by the proposed plant, it would
consume half of the entire lumber output of the plant. The
retail lumber business throughout the valley greatly ex
ceeds this in value.
laimbcr can be manufactured here as cheaply as in
other lumber districts. The average freight paid to tho
Southern Pacific on lumber shipped into the y alloy is $!1
per thousand feet, which w'ould givo this plant a great ad
vantage over outsido concerns, and a.t tho samo timo mean
a big saving to the consumer. ' .
This industry, if established, will funlisli' employment
for two hundred men, with a payroll of from '$80,000 to
$100,000 ;t year, which will necessarily bo spent herofiind
will keep at Jiome $200,000 or more, which we'aro now re
quired to pay out annually for lumber products purchased
elsewhere ,
I oHk; the hearty co-operaiion of the people of tliis coun
ty in this effort of mine lo start this industry. If everyone
will- help we will be able to chrry it through in good shap.oi .
1 feel sure n direct and indirect benefit will actruoHoyou
largely in excess of the money you subscribe.
"Wo have an opportunity o make a good investinont'for
ourselves and at ihe siiino time establish' an 'industry of
great benefit to ihe community generally.' 7,
Veiy respectfully submitted,-
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