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BONDS
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BLUE
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At n joint meeting of tlio Medford
Commercial Club nnd the Jackson
County Iluslnoee Mon's OModntlon
licit Hi the llbrnrr Monday oronlnK,
Chairman C. M. Thomas wag au
thored to nnmo n special commit
tee) to toko up with S. 8. llullls And
J. V. Koddy, tlio innttar of building a
rallrondto tho llluo Lodgo mining dls
trlct nnd prepare for submission to
the pooplo n bond Issuo of $250,000
by the city for assisting tho projoct.
Mr IIiiIHh BRroelnK to build tho rond
with such assistance. Tho committee
ns named comprises C. 13. (lutes, J,
A Perry, a. Putnam, II. I. Wnlthorn,
II A. Tholrolf, Will 0. Steol and C.
M Thomas.
Much discussion followed tho re
port of tho fipeolnl committee, con
HUtliiR of 0. IMitniini, II. L. Tlilorolt
nnd J T. Hell, who hnd tho matter
In chnrRo, nnd who reported tho cor
respondence with MeBHrH. Ilullln nnd
Iteddy. llocauso nRmirnnco had not
been received from Mr. Towno that
tho IIIuo LoiIko mlno would oporalo,
tho commlttoo refused to ninlto any
recommendations In the mnttor of
bonding.
llulllt' Hlntoment.
Messrs. Ilullln nnd Iteddy outlined
their proposals In detail, Dr. Iteddy
declaring Hint unless tho llluo LcdKo
initio operated, (hero wan no uso to
fool with the railroad nnd that tho
band Ibhuo must bo a virtual oubsldy
to bo of material assistance. Mr.
llullli hold that tho timber nnd other
resources of tho dlMtrlct tapped woro
nurriclently Brent to wnrrnnt tho
railroad oven without tho mlno.
"I wouldn't nsk n cont" said Mr.
DuIIIh If I had tho money nvallablo,
nnd I don't want to urgo tho city of
Medford ono wny or tho other. Hut I
linvo had many years experience In
building railroads, nnd 1 know some
thing nliout building n timber rond.
It ban been my cxporlcnco that when
n short road Uko this in constructed
It always helps the community oven
moro than It tloos tho builder of tho
railroad. I nm willing to build such
n rond for I belluvo It In r good busi
ness propoRltlon nnd would pny mo,
but I believe also It would pny tho
pooplo of Medford moro. When 1
built a railroad like this In Jackson,
Mississippi It wnH n plarjj of 8000
people. Aftor tho road wan built It
sprang Into n place of 20,000 peo
pie "
On motion of Will H. 8teolo tho
chnlr was Instructed to nnmo n com
mltleo of throe, with tho power of
Increasing tho nnmo If doHlrod to con
fer with .Mr. HuIIIh nt once nnd put
tho proposition In a doflnlto nnd tan.
Clblo form.
K II. Jlurd then recounted tho ex
perience In Atchison, Kansas. Thoro
tho coniinunltles nnd proporty owuvrH
along tho lino of tho Intorurbnu road
Hiibsrrlbod for a largo proportion of
I lie bonds. Ho thought Roino such
plan might bo adopted here,
liveryono in IVivor
Short talks in favor of tho proposl.
tlon wero mado by J. A. Perry, V. A.
Tolgor, llonrj Callahan, K. W. Carna
hsii, I'rofowor l C. Itolmer, Will (I.
Steele and others. Proloasor Iteliner
developed n new point whan ho said
tho alfalfa crop In tho Itoguo Jllver
Mil Icy could be trebled by use of tho
fortllMer which wero found In abun
dance In the llluo Lodge dlstrlot.
Manager Cainuhau ol the Hluo Lodgo
said In this ooiinoetlou that lit could
ship r.o ooo tons of Iron sulphide
from tho Hluo Lodge a month.
M. Thomas called attention to
c
tho fnet that tho projeot would menu
not onlv n railroad to tho Hluo I.edgo
but to ihe coast, and 8. 8 llullls also
intimated that he did not iHtond to
stop at the Hluo I.edgo.
II I Vtlther of tho California
Oregon Power eompuny spoke In
favor of the city bonding for u niad
to tho const and belloved the pooplo
would fuvor It by a tremendous ma
Jorlty but ho did not favor a rond to
tho Hluo Lodge uutetw tho mine was
In operation. The building or such
a. road ho showed would materially
decrease freight rates to and from
tho Itoguo Itlver valley.
O. If. CJhIom Have a rousing speech
fi fuvor of tho proposition nnd
brought tiie mnttor to a head by pro
j'oslns that tho uommlttee meet nt
onco and their plan bo presonted to a
gecotul mase meeting.
i 'OorroAiioitdeiiro on Project,
"Tlio following oorrespoudonco was
presented by the club's speolal com
ijilttes: Hoburt 8. Tovvne,
83 JloavsivstrooL Now York City.
Medford CommoroJal club has ap
pointed n committee to aid In eon-
struotlon of a railread through Ap
peogaeo valley, from Medford to Joe
liar, to devolope the mining, tim
ber and agricultural rasouroo. These
Interest ore anxious to uooporau"
and It vll be neeowary to got an ex
pression from you regarding opern-
Ploaa wife If yow r Interested in
tht.
sutvrottD coMtnticiAt. n.vn.
By OKMOfl WTNAM.
j. r. itjim
H. A. tllfnilOLP,
Xew Vort, H. Y Mr. 1R. 191 a
Medford Cemmmlal Clffh,
Medford, Ortgon.
Owing to lllnoM of Mr. Towe hare
been Miiahle to fHlIy (uko Hfi with
him jtmr telegram tt itlmh hut thtak
ho will bo able give matter hie at
tention within noxt few days.
1). C. IHtOWIt.
Illlllll' I'll lK)vil.
Mown. A. U. Illll, Heorgo I'Mtnsm.
II. A. Tulerolf, .7. I). Hell, railroad
committee, Mmlfnrd Conunorelnl
club.
flentlomeu: Wo, the underslguod,
hereby submit for your consideration
tho following propesition:
Upon consideration and condition
that tho city of Medford legally
nuthoriro a bond Iseue of f 260,000 to
bo inndo nvallablo to us for tho pur
pose of constructing n railway from
thin city or Medford to tho California
Hue, and grant n franohlso for ns
long n time as tho law pormlts for
tho use of tho tracks now laid and
formerly used by tho Itoguo Klvor
Valley railway.
And that tho city of Jacksonville
furnish n llko frnnchlKo for tho una
or tho trnckfl as now laid through
that city nnd furnish freo of cost to
us n right of wny to tho town or
Huch.
And flint tho rounty or Jackson re
build such portion or tho highway
along tho Upper Applegate aa shall
bo agreed upon botweon us.
And that tho Southern I'nclflu
company lease to us thirty miles or
rails mutable ror the work, wo will
extend tho lino, rails and tracka or
tho Southern Oregon Traction com
pany to tho California-Oregon Hue
whero It crosses tho Applegate vnlley,
equip tho same, and plnco It In opera
tion lor rrelght nnd passenger service
as rapidly as weather conditions will
permit, and within sovcu mouths
after compllnuco with tho above con
ditions by tho municipalities nnd cor
porations mentioned.
Wo will unnumo tho obligation of
securing from tho owners of tho Hluo
tadgo mlno ndequnto nHsuranco to
guarantee tho continuous Qjioraton
of tho mine nnd railway. v
Itospccttully submitted, '
H. S. HUI,MS, '
J. V. MUDDY.
Itepty of Coymilttfv.
Messrs. S. 8. llullls nnd J. 1 Iteddy,
Medford, Oregon,
(leutlemen: The proposnl mndo by
ou lit ro building a railroad to tho
California lino rocetvod. Your pro
posal Is contingent upen:
1. The olty Issuing 2S0,000
bonds and granting franchise.
Ii. Tho olty of Jacksonville fur
nishing similar rights or wny mid
franchises.
S. Jackson oounty rebuilding
such portion or tho upper Applegate
road as may bo agreed upon.
4. Tho Southern Pacific's leasing
thirty miles ol rails. ,
f. The Hluo l.edgu mine furnish
ing assurances for continuous opera
tions. Wo feel that a railroad to tho IIIuo
I.edgo mining district Is a community
life-saver and universally desired. Wo
reel tlmt the eltUeus or .Medford aio
anxious to cooperate with jou In
every way possible. Hut. as tho city
Indobleduese already totals 11,800,
000, wo fori that your proposal puts
tho "Cart berore the horse" that Is,
that the other contingencies should
bo realised before the subject of Issu
ing bonds Is put before the people
To noeompllsh this, we i willing
mid siuluus to cooperate with you.
With those prellutlMMrleh realised.
there Is little question of favorable
action by the people.
It will lake 20 days from nctlun by
the council to eall the'ueeesMMry elec
tion for constitutional amendment
for the Issuance of the bonds. It
will be necessary to work out some
plan whereby the credit of tho cltv
can be legally loaiied sud properly
ufo-guarded.
It will be necessary to know just
what Is wanted from the county be
fore attempting to secure it. It will
bo neeossary to loam what assistance
can bo soourod from the Southern Pa
elflo. Jloth or these are contingent
ii)ioii the HMuranve of (he lllue Ledge
being operated. To Hceomplteh these
preliminary proiHHHils, the eoiumlttee
Is at your service.
Sincerely.
CQM.M1TTBK.
llullls' Pinal Ileply,
Meters. A. L. Hill, fleurge Putusm,
II. A. TfcleroU, J. D. Ie)i. railroad
committee, Medford Commercial
olub.
nentlemew: Your esteemed fnor
of this date Is resolved. I rsunot
agree with you that your proposal
G. 0. P.
ADJOURNS
ROSEBURG
BONDS
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niK'AdO, Morih -M The mill
(Affmittrr on nrriin(r'rn-iiN if tin- re
pnbhran iiHtionnl ninwniinn nlniirn
fI today withiHit Inkiisx iflton on the
elwlion of lraiHirary phairman for
the national eontention here next
Jow. 1(m sli-pentmHfM wnl meet
gain at im m nt (be etmirxMn
alHiut the mHldlu.of Ahffl.
Kraiikfln Mnr)hy, who .virwlenlay
said tint 'wbtflst leaders of llio rt.y
(Mmml to think that Colonel Itooso
volt ooulil iinl be dueled if lie wore
noiniiifilwl," declnrtd todny that "rt-
renl lettem written by Colonel
Koiaiovelt indionlo that lio is rery
inurli a cnndidiite. lie lias several
admirable (uuMtlea. lie stinks to Lis
frioiulM."
V. V. SSIoiie of llultimore oleol
i'd serjjeiint.nl-iinna for the '.June
eonveulion. TIiIh will ho the fourth
reptihliemi iiiitiouul eonvenlioii in
wliieli .Mr, Htone liuu Hervud in tlmt
enpnoitj.
Although Cliairmnu Hlllna dm'llncd
id discuss proHiuenimi i'iiikiuiihoh, lie
slated Hint in his opinion Jimtleo
I login would not ho n onndfdnle.
OtliOrH hinted Hint tlio Hugliofi senti
ment fioenu'd to he growing in nortli-
west Hlnti. Several oiprimseil Hie
o)iniun Hint Theodore Koohovelt
would not ho seriously oonsidered nt
the eonveulion.
The mil)-committee decided to de
fer action on tlio subject until llio
April meeting-. When Ihe eommitteo
adjourned the three unudidiilot most
favored nppenred to be Henntor War
ron (1. Harding' of Ohio, Philander (,
Knox of Pennsylvania nnd Confess,
iiinu Jiiiiioh . .Miiiiii of Illiii(4. Dr.
MdioliiH .Murray lliitler, president of
Coluiubin university, New York, tele
graphed the committee from Spokane,
Wnah., iittkiug- that his nnmo be con
sidered.
Ciiairmuu llilltw wiid: "No hallot
was taken ami for llio ronsou that
three members of the sub-eommittee
were unable to be present, we deeided
it would be best to defer action until
tlfe uoxt meeliiig."
The eommilteo ngreed im llio in.
(leelion of M I'a.vetle U. (Ilonaon of
New York, for hcerotnry, nnd William
V. .Stono of Iliiltimoio, sergeant at
nrniH, to serve at tlio next eonven
tion, but their formal election vviik
powlpoiied until (lie next iiieuling.
The committee will open liendnunr-
teis at the ('olmeiini. Cliienuo, Mny 7.
r'infsrf nfre Into fir the rlly
with th Roeettfrg and Itastern Hall
roat com tin m for the etHMlrsftlon 9t
a rsflrnitri to a point on tlio Umsmim
111 A J ixAIL KiJAU i' 'r nrm
IU niW IJIMLIIUIIL; Tho supremo aotirt ao fomlorml a
dnefslon inhibiting the Jsewnnse of
3oo,ooo In bonds to assist In tho
construction of the line. Knit was
brought by John Hunter nnd other
fax Harare to onJoln tho Immense of
KA.t,KVf Jm March ! r.fforta 'bonds by the elty on tho grounds Hint
on the par. of the city of Bo-berg!"" l"f were l rlolatten of lh
. L.... . ...i .. .1.1, ... 'rltr elwrter and of the slato sonstl-
IV milMl mi'iimii inuk r ..v..--.-
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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COLIMIHH. N M, March 21.
(Hy wireless from field army.) Ait
aeroplane, ono of six to arrive today,
was partially wrockod in a 50-foot
rail. Tho pilot, Lloutonant T. S.
Hovvon, was Injured, but not ratally.
Lieutenant Howen sustained n
broken nose and other slight Injuries.
Lloutonant Uoweu was attempt
ing to take tho' air undor difficulty.
Tlio wind was high and showed a
tendeury to whirl. Several attempts
or tho aviators to fly had been frus
tented previously by tho wind condi
tions. Finally Uoweu went up but
Hheu fifty feet lu the air his plane
took a dip snd plunged almost
straight to the grouud.
puts the "Cart befme the huree."
The vital thlug Is getting the $60.-
IHH). with that accomplished I be
lieve all else will fallow and it suoms
to we ueceeeary that we first have
the asaurnnoe of the support of the
Medford Commercial club In advoont
Ing the bond Issue. And, when that
matter Is being put before the people
and voted upon will be the proper
time to neaotlate tho other require
meats, the success of which I have no
doubt.
J am wrlilug this letter In the aw
seaoe of Dr. Iteddy, which I regret,
but I reel that there should be no
umitHieMary delay.
Very respectfully )urs,
8. S. IIULL1&
PKOPI.K ASK IS
what Is the best hair toulo.
was recommend
We al.
tio of mlno. and a contribution. I bu?o-Adv,
A mkiucim: op muhit.
The great sale or Lydla K. Pluk
ham's Yogotable Compound all over
this land Is the result or genuine
merit. The reason Is that this good
old fashioned root and herb medicine
actually hels those suffering from
the ailments peculiar to women. U
it did Ufi, would not the woweu of
America have fouad It oat lu forty
Gear mi (hat few of them would
III IK TONIC
We Know the formula ,,nd It Is a
good one. hold ouU i us, 00c aud
1 uo.
1M lTs Dyo
That Faded Switch
To Match Youj; llnir.
Marinello Shop
407 Gnrnett-Coroy Bldg.
Mi.ir..r.l, Oiv. ,. ,
In the Oregon annrstne court here
today. The court deelnn-ri void the
tiHIon. '
At a recent oloctlon tho city char
ter was amended In order lo Iseuo
fife hons. Tho fflrl hold, however,
that U6 ammifment data not permit
tho bonds lo be of benefit (o any
other Bonwes than the elty. Tho
effort nton itDirlnrntl (tin nflnlmnl tin.
eonstftiitlonnl because no city may bo
come a stockholder of a company.
GERMANS GAIN HEIGHTS
(Continued from page one)
"lt nf the Meuoe the derma h
severs I Iiihcm lat night renewed their
altneki agtiiiiit onr front, extending
from Avneouit to Mnmncourt, where
Dm- liombanlment bf shelht ef Iwrgo
raWjer rnnthrHftJ vrfthottl ltllprrnj
Huh. The attflffc wm flcwrjmfmnfell
by Ihrowing ef ffetnlfh rimihl by ifu
laehmeHte f mm ttiffjtfi spoetHl
HMIpMiim far (hie tuirfswrt.
"Ill spllo of ffif lleTTVV foet fa
flbled by our Are, (Tjo enemy wits
f)le to loho iiowsoefltoH, after Iiniiif.
I o-hand flfhlitsx, of tlio soiUlienJlefji
part of Malaneuurt wood, known n
the Avoeourt wood, wlileh wo neon.
pied. All the effort of tlio Onnnnna
to warrb out from the Avoeuttrl weod
reunited in failure.
"The night nnsscd nuicllv on o.(b..r
seetors in tlie Verdun region."
A Great National
Public Utility
That concerns all merchants
and all people
THE original Cash Register rang a bell, indicated and
recorded the amount of the purchase. It benefited the
merchant only.
In a third of a century this old model has developed into
a Cash Register that directly benefits every man, woman
and child who spends money in a store.
This new Cash Register equally concerns every mer
chant and clerk, every banker and wholesaler in this land.
It furnishes every customer with a receipt or sales slip.
It prints on this the amount paid or charged.
On this is also printed the date of the sale and who
made it.
It forces a duplicate, printed record for the merchant.
It prevents disputes over charges and bills paid.
It saves shoppers' time.
It gives the merchant all his profits. It gives him more
money for his family. , .
It promotes more and quicker sales.
It protects each clerk against making errors and
against the mistakes of others.
It rewards the diligent clerk by telling his employer
which one makes the largest number of sales and which
one gets the greatest amount of business.
It assures the banker additional security for the money
he loans the merchant.
It gives the wholesaler additional assurance that the
merchant will have money to pay his bills.
It furnishes the banker and the wholesaler mechanical
evidence that the merchant's statement of his business is
correct.
It is a business necessity.
MERCHANTS!!
We haw ntm 1916 moJelt that give thli ptr
fact strvic:
Writt ut today or nt our agent in your city
and Itarn how you can rcur on of then public
service machinci.
Liberal allow ancti art madt for old National
Caih Regiittrt that were good in their day, but
do not to completely protect you or give the valw
able service our 1916 ModeU do.
Addreit Dspt, Z.
The National Cash
Register Company
Dayton, Ohio
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