WT!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
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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'.
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