Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 17, 1917, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextWT!TTO OTXTD TftTETTNT? jflTTOFORTT, " TiT?T!"f "OY, TTTTRSDAV. VXY 17. '1017 1 With t lie re-election of former of ficers unci the adoption of a resolu tion condemning (lie Medford Com mercial club, tlie first dixy's session of the Trl-State Good Roads associa tion came to a close last night with a reception to tlio visiting delegates at the Holland hotel. The text of the resolution is as follows: Whereas, It Is reported by tho inemhers of the sluto highway com mission that the (lood Itoads measure was being placed in jeopardy by the action of the Med ford Commercial cluh through a letter einlnatlng I herefrom over tho siKiiature of its rlccretary; And WhereaR, after Investigation liy memljers of the convention and ly nitiinhers of said Commercial cluh It is ascerlalued that such letter was sent Intimating that the Medford Commercial club was hehlnd such movement to jeopardixo the bond is Biie If certain Portland people did not cease in their support of tho referen- The visiting delegates to 1 lie flood lionds eonvenlion were taken in au tomobiles Thursday forenoon fir n ride over the I'ucific highway as fur as the roads would permit. At noon they relumed to Ashland where he party were guests at an entertain ment ami luncheon given by the In dies of the Ashland Civic Improve ment club and the ladies of the (loud Koads convention committee of Med ford. This affair originally set for outdoors in the park was held in a building because of tlireatcriiiiff weather. Herbert Kiinn, state highway com missioner, and T. M. Ilavis, resident engineer of the Siskiyou division of the highway, left early Thursday morning for an inspection trip over the highway, and joined the main good roads party at Ashland this noon. That the state money for the com pletion of the Pacific Highway over tho Ashland Hill, and the mountain dum measure relative to tho Hoguo ' ,e from the sumIuit of tne 81skl. mver fishing mil; lyollB t0 U)e California line is now And Whereas, It Is the belief of ftVU,tt,,0 wa8 the Weicomo news llils eonvenlion that tho bond Issue ,,r0UKht yostoriiay afternoon by State and roads n sure should stand upon , h n.-i.,.,,, iini-imrt Viiim The state will provide J 10,000 to aid tho county In the construction of the Ashland hill road and a deputy high way engineer and crew will come to its merits alone and not be confused or conflicted with any other Issuo of any kind; ltcpiidluto Commercial Chili .nere.o.e. no . eauiveu una . .Medford the rirst 0f noxt weok to re convention in meeting assembled so t , hKilwav grulle stllkel,. 0ll on record as repuuiauiig mo action Satlirdtty an advertisement for bids of tho Commercial club or any of its officers or members that may havo been connected Willi tho threat In question. And that a copy of these resolutions bo sent to tho state high way commission. Whereas, tho most Important mea fmro before tho convention Is tho $0,000,000 road bond Issue nnd whereas, It Is tho senso of this meet ing that tho measure Is ono of the host ever presented to the publicon this or nny other stnto for road Im provement, in as much as tho results are obtained without any general tax ation to tho public. Kndol'No Itoinl Issue And whereas, wo fool that the mea sure should have tho unlimited sup port of this convention nnd of each and overy cltlzon of the county and slato. Thcroforo, ho It resolved In meot Ing assembled that tho measure 'ho endorsed and that each and every member of this association bo ap pointed n committee of ono nnd re quested to actively engage In a cam paign to see that measuro is properly presented to those of the community who may bo found to bo In doubt as to Its merits and that they uso ovory endeavor to sec that It receives the large mnjority in its favor at the election of June llh, which It so well deserves. lie It resolved Hint tho thnnkR of this association 1m extended to the visitors and delegates attending this meeting, and to his honor, tho gover nor, for ills prcsonro and assistance, also to tho state highway commis sions represented by Mr. (loo, T. Cot terlll, slate highway engineer of tho stale of Washington, and Mr. Herbert Nunn, statu highway engineer of tho state of Oregon. Thanks aro also extended to tho press of tho city nnd adjoining towns for tho publicity so freely given. He It further resolved that the (banks of the association aro duo to thi' efforts of the president and secre tary in making the meeting a succcsb. W. C. I.KKVKIt, 11. I,. WAl.TIIIIlt, .1. II. A1.1IKUT, Committee on ('solution Ti'I SIate Good lloails Assorts! Ion. T ON THE TOBOGGAN on tho construction of the road from the summit to the California line will be published. If not satisfactory bids aro recutved, said Mr. Nunii, the state will build the road Itself. According to a recent decision of tho attorney general the state has $05,000 for the construction of tho Siskiyou grade and tho stato highway commission has voted to lncreaso this amount. this section of the road may bo hard-surfaced. There Is a fund of $300,000 In tho state treas ury which can be made available for road maintenance and engineering and It Is expocted that the attorney goncral will rule that this fund may be used In completing the pavement ovor tho mountulns. The paving, therefore, depends upon this, favor able ruling but If it is unfavorable a good maendum road will bo con structed at any rate. State Highway Engineer Davis has a crow of men at work In the Slsklyous now and the forco of workmen will be Increased Just as soon as weather conditions render construction work possiblo. CAUSE OF WAR SUBJECT FOR PUPILS WASHINGTON", Mnv 17. K.Iihmi tnrs of tin country worn urri''l by Secretary Lam today lu ivc promt lu'iii'o in coininrnt'cnu'iit exercises this year in public sellouts, uimersi ties nnd collides, to n discussion of tho causes and purposes of the war. More than two score of subjects fur commencement day essay or or ations lias been "licliiuu Wrony," "War Hread," "How Can I help in the War," and "America's Duty to the World's Democracies,' nrc sujr ijested by the secretary. REGISTRATION COMPLETE IN JACKSON COUNTY Tho following Ib n complete list of resist rat torn, hIiowIuk the number registered In tho varlouR pnrtleR up to tho close of registration on May 5, I ! 1 7 : Mule. Fomnlo. Total Kopuldiean 3, 209 2,411 5.020 Pemocrat l.Stiti 1,378 3.24 1 Troressivo 27 7 34 Tiohiliition fcfi K4 220 Socialist 209 !3 302 Miscellaneous .. 213 HIS 3t a nilCACO, M,,v 17.-- Downward plunges of the when! market tm.k place today largely "wine; () report that lhe 1 oiled Slates government lind nsked (ircnt Uritnm and her ln rn'an allies In s,. immense hold ings of future ileliterv wluut eeti Iraels which had been puriiias( , jn this country and which were snid to lie chiefly responsible lor the ivcciil skyrocketing ptire nf breadstuff. The maximum fall in values this liioriung, iitlcr the publication of statements iinpl.vim.' lhe likelihood of big unloading on lhe part of the for eign governments was lii edits. Owing lo lhe t'onliuunnee of arti ficial reslrictions mi trading, the ag gregate of Iriinsiu turns in lhe wheat liini'ket was very Miutll, de-pile the wide range of prices. July wheal, in which the greatest depression was witnesseil, fell to .f'-M I as nihilist $''.yt) nl yesterday's f i 1 1 1 l hut later rallied to'L'.a-'. Total .5.580 4.221 9, SOI OBITUARY. MAUTIN May Iti, l!U7. aged f.' years, Mrs. Alice M. Martin, widow of .lames U. Martin, at her lato home, 1124 North Central avenue. Deceased was a native of Vermont and had lived In Medford sinro 1 ! 1 3. Tin only living relative Is a niece, Miss Kllen M. Sedgwick, at Ilelllngham, Wash. Funeral services will be held Friday st 10 a. in.. Hev. liollliia of ficiating. Six old soldiers will be pall-henrers. lliirinl will be In the Odd Fellows' cemetery. IWItl) OK THANKS. We wish to express our sincere thnnks to the friends who sent the beautiful floral offerings and to those who assisted III tho burial of Cuptaln Nash. M l(S. F.l.I.A I). NASH, 4S F.l.WKl.I, n. NA9II, Strong arguments for good roads and the passage of the $0,000,000 state bond issue were made at the afternoon session of the fourth an nual convention of the Trl-State Good Roads convention which met at tho Natatorlum yesterday afternoon, "Passage of the (1,000,000 good road bond issue" said Governor Wlthycombo, "Is moro than civic duty It Is a patriotic duty. A complete system of good roads In the state of Oregon Is essential to the state's ef fective participation In the war In which thlB country Is now engaged. We must supply food, but without good roads we can not properly get our food to the markets and distribu tion centers. We must supply sol diers and provide for the defense of our coast but without good roads, the rapid mobilization of troops at threatened points, will be impossible. Good rouds aro not only necessary for our proper economic development, hut are a military necessity. I hope whon I see the result of the election on Juno 4th I will see that seventy- five per cent of tho people of Jackson county voted for the bonds." The governor explained tho pas sage of the road bill at the last legis lature and explained how he had In sisted upon the measurz being chang ed to conform to tho needs of the people, and also being left to the voto of tho people. ; a (ioMi urn This Is a good road hill, ladles and gentlemen" continued the gover nor, "it Is conservative, rntional and Just. It Is the first road bill In Ore gon wihch Insures the people 100 cts. value for evory dollar expended. The men on the stato commission, who have the expenditure of road money In charge,' aro all men of the highest capability and of unquestioned per sonal integrity. You enn trust them. To defeat this measure at the present time would be a calamity to the state and a menace to the security of its people." Mayor GntCfS Speaks President J. A. Wosterlund of the Tri-State Good Roads association pre sided at the meeting and introduced the spoakers. The first speaker was .Mayor Gates who gave a strong plea for the support of the statf measure. He brought the matter down to the practical basis of local demonstration. Ho showed that the tires on a Ford car cost about $CG. The Jitneys on tho paved highway In Jackson county get an average mileage of from 7500 to 10,000. On the Eagle Point route however, where there is no paved highway tho average mileage is only about 3500. In other words the paved highway In Jackson county saves the Ford owner in tires alone about $135 a year. Auto Owners Willing f merely refor to tho Ford" said tho mayor, "because It Is the cheap est car and ono In common use. What Is truo of that car is true of all cars. Do you wonder that the automobile ownor Is willing to pay from three to ten dollars more & year in license money when It saves him $132? And don't forget that tho automobile own or pays for this fO.OOj.OOO bond issue. Ho pays for it nnd he gols benefit from It. 13 nt tho farmer nlso gets tho benefit from It, and he doesn't pay a cent In higher taxes. It is the duty of every person In Jackson county to be a conimltteo of one to sen that he himself, tho members of his family and his neighbors nnd friends volo for this measure" (J. I Cottclill Kpruks ' Oeorgo F. Colterlll, stato highway engineer from Washington spoke ns the representative of tho governor of that state and gave a very Interesting explanation of tho good road work In Washington. He showed that of tho $:17, 000,000 spent nnnunlly by that stale. 12 millions went for education and 7 millions for good roads. Their present plan Is to havo 2200 miles of stale roads completed In five years, with Pacific Highway from Portland north to Seattlo hard surfaced throughout except some slight breaks which will be with tho best sort of mncudani surface. Pacific Highway Klrsr State Highway F.nglneer Nunn of Oregon, spoke briefly urging those who had any questions to nsk to see Mm personally. Ho said that the niort Important road In the state was tho Pacific highway and the road commission Intended to see this road completed first. Without the pnssage of tho JS.0Ort.O00 bond issuo he showed that little could bo accom plished in the next two years In the way of continuing good roud con struction In tho state. Women Sx-jik An Interesting account of the work of the women of Polk county In fur thering the cause of good roads was given by Mrs. Winnie llraden, secre tary and treasurer of the Polk Coun ty Hood Koads association. They have there appointed 24 women vice- presidents In tho county, one in each road district and are holding school house meetings throughout the cam paign. Good roads, she said, were re sponsible for freeing the rural wom an from slavery and Isolation a large part of the year, and urged the club women of the state to unite In tho present campaign. The $(1,000,000 state bond Ibsuo she predicted would pass by a large majority in her county. Mrs. C. L. Schieffelln, representing the Greater Medford club, gave a very amusing account of the early road builders lu Jackson county, and aroused marked enthusiasm when she declared good roads meant not only better citizenship but a higher qual- jity of human fellowship and ,good I will. Most of our animosities, she declared, were due to lack of acquain tance, the more we know people, the more we understand ana admire them. She hoped the day would come when there would not only be a paved highway from north to south but paved laterals into the country dis tricts. J. H. Albert of Salem, a well known good road booster, lu a few words complimented Jackson county upon its leadership and progress in good roads development, and regretted that there was not more of the same spirit in the northern part of the state. Porter J. Xeff was on tho program but owing to the lateness of the hour was excused upon his own request. COALITION MINISTRY (Continued from Page One.) for the constituent assembly. Tn re turn the government, demands such full confidence nnd mipKiit as will enable it not only to fight a reac tionary counter revolution but also to Jnko measures against the nnar chihtd of the extreme left. A new feature was injected into tho situation by the deninnd of the ponsnnt congress which ' begun its sessions here yesterday, that its rep. resentutives participate in the dis cussions. The government and coun cil agreed and it is said that five peasant representaotives will join the conference'. AMERICAN CHICLE COMPANY VVV'' ' ' ' SVF'-ti&lfrfilC FOR INDIGESTION A J llW?7 mUtkS4i'i and dyspepsia cntch J Mwf I E S I THE BIG BUSINESS-MANS CUM UR. FFLJAPnX, KIJiL, the famous editorial writer, whose articles reach ten mill ion people every c3ay? says: "TllOSG wtlO have to he op to pitch physic ally every minute, ready for prompt, decisive action, chew Adams Pepsin Gum." 17 o In the Struggle for Wealth take care of your Health AWUUINUl'O OVIflVV.