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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREObN. FRIDAY. JANUARY 31. liM
Propose State A id
For Railroad and
Irrigation Projects
Dr. Reddv Outlines Plan to Commer
cial Club for Solvlna Problem of
Givlno Work to Returned Soldiers
and Developing. State at Same Time.
At ft meetini; of the -"onnnereinl
clnh Wednesday cvonrnc, a procrnni
of readjustment and development was
presented bv Dr. J. F. Rcddv which
was endorsed and sent the Jackson
county deleention to be used as the
basis of the solution of the uruhlenB
- of providing employment for unem
ployed returned soldiers and vt the
same time permanently developing the
resources of the stntc. It- provides
for the issuance, of $10,000,000 state
bonds, the proceeds to be used in rail
road and hichwav building, complet
ing half built railroads, and the con
struction of irrigation enterprises in
ncet:ons needing water. The proposal
follows: , ' -
-A peeuliarllv nbsorb'ng linsiness
situation confronts the people of the
state of Oregon. In character, it is
csscntinlv industrial and commercial.
An incidental phase of the situation
is social and economic to the extent
of appealing to the patriotic impulse
of our lovnl citizenship; for it in
cludes a definite and practical solu
tion of the problem of providing
odeounte employment for unemployed
returned and returning soldiers.
This ' situation lias evolved an
equally absorbing plan for meeting it
promptly, practically and perma
nently. Ten Millions Ilomls
Bond the great state of Oregon for
$10,000,000 for investment in devel
opment projects of permanent value
to the substantial interests of the
commonwealth. These projects would
include the construction of railroads,
irrigation ivstems and other enter
prises of magnitude and permanency;
nnd. in addition to providing employ
nient for thousands of men now clam
oring for work, thev would supply
the means of developing resources on
which the state now. and must in fu
ture depend for wholesome growth
nnd its accumulating wealth. -'-
Not only would the investment of
the money thus provide'd bv the state
dovelop the projects to which it would
primarily bo applied, but it would open
a permanent development in agricul
ture, lumber, inin:ng, livestock and
kindred enterprises tiiat woitW-inntrr
constant production of wealth and
the employment of thousands of men
in a field now absolutely dormant and
non-productive. ; .
In Southern Oregon
: In southern Oregon, as an illustra
tion of the method of employing this
money, it would provide.-say. $500.
000 for the completion of the Grants
J'nKB-Crescent City railroad: $250.
.000 for the construction of a rail
road up the Applegate valley and into
the great chrome, copper, antimony,
gold, timber and agricultural belt of
that marvelous region: $300,000 for
the purchase of the Pacific & East
ern railroad: $1,000,000 to add to the
capital necessary to complete the
Strahom projects in eastern and
.southeastern Oregon: $500,000 to
make the desired mil connection be
tween Burns and Bend: $50,000 with
which to complete tho Vaile railroad
extension; and so on.
Deducting these several sums from
the $10,000,000 which it is proposed
. the state shall provide will leave
about $7,000,000 of the original sum
to be applied to other public projects
in other counties of the state where
the need of them is unite as pronounc
ed as in the sections above designated.!
Effects Manifold
The direct results of this use of the
ten million dollars will be agreeably
, manifold. Thev would at once clarify
tho industrial atmosphere of the en
tire 6tutc bv supplying labor for ev
ery returned soldier out of employ
ment, thus removing a positive men-
- ace and an undeserved cruelty from
our soldier benefactors and yielding
at the some time o service of ineom-
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putable value in the development of
tho vast wealth vet undisturbed bv
the industrial nnd commercial activi
ties of this great commonwealth.
It would bring into the state addi
tional millions of capital. It may
reasonably be estimated that, for the
ten millions the state thus would in
vest, fifty millions of outside money
would necessarily be neunired. For
instance, on the $500,000 devoted to
the completion of the railroad from
Grants l'ass to Crescent City, the
projectors of that enterprise would
add $:i,500,000 more, or seven to
one. So. also, would it be in all of the
proeets from which the state would
provide the fundamental investment.
Applegate Extension
Similarly, if $250,000 were invest
ed in tho construction of n rnilroad
up the Applegate valley and into that
mineral and timber bolt, thoso con
cerned in the properties of that dis
trict would udd $500,000 more, or
two to one. .
Tabulating the items in the Grants
Pass & Cresecnt City railroad in
vestment, we have:
G. P. & C. C. R. .. cap
ital stock $5,000,000
Cost of construction and
cnuipmcnt 4,000.000
Cash 1st ni't'g
bonds $3,500,000
Cash bv state
" on 2d m't'g
bonds i 500.000
Total ...$4,000,000
i-vsf- 1 Grants la.vs Railroad
The Grants Pnss-Crcsecnt City
railroad would nt once employ nt
least 3.000 men for a period of two
venrs-.j. It would open up a vastly
rich territory to immediate develop
ment in such industries as mining, ag
riculture, lumber, livestock and sus
taining pursuits that will continue to
emplov thousands of men. It would
directly connect bv rail an important
ly extensive southern Oregon terri
tory with deep water transportation
nt Crescent City, shortening the haul
and correspondingly reducing the ton
nage cost of feright. " It would open
up 300.000 acres of productive agri
cultural land capable of sustaining
a population of 50,000 people. Within
that territory the development and op
eration of mines, lumbering interests
and livestock, in addition to agricul
tural and pastoral pursuits that
would constantly employ 10,000 op-
-emtives. That district alone, it is
estininteo, would nnnuallv produce
a gross income of ten million dollars.
Second Mortgage Bonds
With a railroad up the Applegate
valley, li large territory, in which are
undeveloped mining, timber and agri
cultural resources of great richness,
an era of vigorous development would
follow thut would give employment to
three or four thousand people in o
greatly increased population.
On all of these projects the state
would occpt second mortgage bonds.
The positive need for tho capital
contemplated in this plan to invest
in developing industrial projects in
Oregon has been insistently apparent
for manv years, but the present need
for haste in execut:ng the plan is
tho labor market suggested bv
the chaotic condition of returning
heroes who risked their lives and
fortunes to make the world a safe
place in which to live and redeem it
from the savagery of militaristic do
mination .and its consequent social
and economic devastation.
Railroad Building Abandoned
The Kill and Harriman interests
have practically abandoned building
railroads in Oregon, owing to ad
verse legislation and over regulation
and interference bv the government in
the operation of lines already con
structed. Oregon cannot hope to
make normal material progress with
out more railroads. A state without
railroad facilities commensurate
with its needs in development cannot
compete with adjoining states ade
quately supplied with rail transpor
tation. . .
It is manifestly up to the state of
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An Exact Replica of the Won
vderful New China Cafe in Los
Angeles.
The Only Chinese Jazz Band
in Existence.
The Sumptuous Settings in
this Superb. Production.
Oretton to take the initiative in these
important matters, in co-operation
with its great territory of resourceful
communities. :
; What Canada Has lHmo
The Canadian government has ex
ponded duriiii' the past ten years more
than $500,000,000 in subsidizing ami
building railroads into the vast
wheat plains throughout its dominion
for the purpose f developing its ma
terial resources. The sum asked for
in this brief epitomizat on is a meru
pittance in comparison with sums ap
propriated bv neighboring statvs for
development purposes. Facts to su
port the reasonableness of the up.
oeal for this actiun by the state of
Oregon are voluminous, this being a
brief nnd hurried outline merely, in
the form of a suggestion as to bene
fits: that indubitably would uuicklv
acerne to the people of the common
wealth from the investments herein
contemplated. It is submitted, how
ever, in the knowledge nnd confidence
that one of Oregon's most progressive
legislatures is now in session at the
state capital.
It is not very often that wo see
elephants shipped by express, but on
Thursday afternoon's train there was
an express car with five large ele
phants that wore sent from Winni
peg, Canada, to tho Orpbeum at San
Francisco. The car tenders did not
say that they were taking thorn to a
milder climate tor their health, but
from the appearance of the elephants
they must bo glad to get out of win
ter climate. While they were at
Winnipeg the mercury was forty be
low zero, and the elephants' ears
were so badly frozen that they had to
have five to eight-Inch strips clipped
off.
ASHLAND ELKS TO
HEAR COLONEL KELLY
Escorted bv a host of Elks from
Medford. Lieutennnt Colonel E. K.
Kelly will attend tho annual observ
ance tomorrow night bv the Ashland
lodge of Klks of past exalted rulers
night as the chief guest of honor.
The Medford delegation will meet
at the clubhouse here Saturday even
ing and depart for Ashland by auto
at 7:30 o'clock. There will bo plenty
of autos to accommodate all local
Elks, and it is expected that a large
crowd of them will escort Medford's
distinguished soldier. The Ashlnnd
lodge has made elaborate arrange
ments for the gala event.
NAVAL PROGRAM
MEETS APPROVAL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Unani
mous approval of the administra
tion's new three-year naval program
with the number of capital ships re
duced from 16 to 10 because of dif
ferences among experts over the
value of battle cruisers, was voted to
day by the house naval committee.
In addition to the ten battleships,
to cost not over $21,000.00(1 cueh.
the program as adopted provides for
ten scout cruisers to cost up to $4.
000.000 each. It was decided to lenvo
in abeyance tho proposal to con
struct 130 smaller craft, in order
that tho navv department might rec
ommend at the next regular session
of congress tvpes of vessels needed
to round out the navy in the light of
war lessons.
WASHINGTON DEFEATS
CORVALLIS 36 TO 17
C'OKVALLIS. Ore.. Jim. 31, The
Washington State college basketball
quintet snored n to 17 victory
over the inexperienced Oregon Aggie
five here last night in n fust und hard
fought contest.
OF
THE
15
The long delayed athletic season ot
tho Medford high school will prob
ably open nt the Nutatorlum tho
night of Fob. 15 with guinea bet wool)
tho local boys' ntid girls' teams
against tho Rust-burn dixit .nchool
teams. Tho local imiunKciuotit has
sent a contract to- Roseburg high fur
thoso games and nltho a reply has
not coma yet an acceptance Is confi
dently expected. ,
If It should happen that Itosoburg
cannot play hero the opening games
will como oh Feb. 14 with tho tenuis
of Ashland high paying here. Hut
It Itosoburg docs come then the locul
contest with Ashlund will be played u
week later on tho liltiht ot Feb. HI,
Then tho Medford tenuis will pluy re
turn contests with Ashland In tho tat
tor city on Feb. 22. Washington's
birthday.
While the proposed contents with
Itosoburg attract much Interest, the
rail thing contests und utmost Inter
est comes with the Ashlund contests
because ot the always keen rivalry
between tho high schools ot the
neighboring cttlos. It Is the ardent
Intention ot tho students to mop up
with both Ashland teams, but tho
Ashland boys and girls may upset
these plans. It is a psycholoKbat
fact, as the Medford hlKh students
would say, that the local school ul
ways has Ashland's coat before a
contest, but sad to rolute tho Ash
land boys and girls have often re
turned home In the past with their
goat much fattened and In unusually
gleeful "spirits.
The flu epidemic all over played
havoc with high school athletics In
southern Oregon this fall nnd winter.
It knocked out footbnll entirely In
this section, and prevents a complete
basketball schedule, as (".rants Pass,
Central Point andI'hoeulx have no
basketball teams. :
WASHINGTON, Jan! 31. Univer
sal, compulsory training for Amer
ican youths is proposed In a bill In
troduced In the sonata Juday by Sen
ator New of Indiana,. republican.
Training of one year- lu a continu
ous period for all youths between 1 9
and 26 years Is provided by tho 1)111,1
wnicn was roicrreu la mo senate
military committee. Under the bill
all youths upon completion of tho
training period would go Into a nat
ional reserve for call In caao of neces
sity. . 'M,
PIMPLY? WELL, DONT BE!
People Notice It Drive Them Off
witn ut. towards
Olive Tablets
A nlmolv face will not embarrass you
much longer rl you get apackage of Dr. t
Edwards' Olive Tablets, The skin should ;
begin to clear after you have taken the!
tablets a ten nignta.
Cleanse the blood,the bowels and the liver
with Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets, the suc
cessful substitute for calomel; there's never
any sickness or pain after takjng them.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets do that
which calomel does, and just as effectively,
fiut their action is gentle and safe instead
of severe and irritating.
No one who takes Olive Tablets is
ever cursed with "a dark brown taste,"
a bad breath, a dull, listless, "no good"
feeling, constipation, torpid liver, bad
disposition or pimply face.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets are
a purely vegetable compound mixed
with olive oil; you will know their
by their olive color.
Dr. Edwards spent years among pa
ticnts afflie'ed with liver and bowe'
complaints and Olive Tablets are the
immensely effective result
Take one or two nightly for a week
See how much better you feel and took
10c and 25c per box. All druggists.
OR OBEY
Bill Parsons
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Bill's Sweetie
TKis One
Will Bring
The Smiles
See This Sure
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CAN BE CONVERTED
WASIIkVOTON, Jan. 81. Condi
tions under which soldiers or sailors
now holding government life Insur
ance may convert thoso policies with
in five years Into other forms were
announced today by Colonel llunry
1). l.lniluloy of tho war risk Insurance
bureau. Rules will lio muilo public
soon.
There will bn six dlffuront kinds of
Insurance ordinary life, twenty
payment lite, thlrty-paymunt life,
twenty-year endowment, thirty-year
endowment and endowment pnyuble
at tho imo ot 02. All pollulc will
contain clauses providing that In cuso
of permuuetit total disability tho gov.
eminent will nuiko monthly pay
ments and premium payments will
cease. This amounts virtually to old
nitu pensioning and disability Insur
ance und Insures thut no niiui who
bus served lu tho army or navy need
ever bo dostltuto It ho carries tho
government Insurance.
All policyholders will participate
In dividends and earnings ot ovor 3 Mi
percent will go Into dividends. Since
tho reserves will be Invested In gov
ernment securities, It Is certulnrthul
there will bo largo dividends period
ically. Collections of promlums will bo
nisdo thru postmasters.
Any man now In military or naval
A
w
to
out ! of things; to get things
that have the "most" in them.
That's. a great lesson for peace.
In clothes it means all-wool . fabrics
and best tailoring Hart Schaffner &
. Marx clothes. We have them be
cause there's the "most" in them for
you; and by giving you the "most" we
get the "most." It always works
that way
The Home
STOVES
WANTED
I have contracted to supply one
order of 30 odd second hand itovos
and ranges. ' '
WHAT HAVE YOU TO OFFER?
Wo trade new stoves (or second
bald.
Wo accept Lioerty Donds the same
as cash.
POOLE
FURNITURE
CO.
(Siieeeiwirs to Send Wnolf.)
uorvtcu holding itnvm'nnient torin IK"
liuiurnnru vun obtain' the now forma,
but tho amount will bo limited to his
present holdings. Tho Kovonimoiil
urges all men to continue lu carry
thulr present policies, but to convert
thoso us soon as they are (luauclally
abln within tho next flvo yours.
Tho war rink Iiihuiuiivu bureau to
day reported thut 4,48(1,000 policies
already have boon Issued iiKKi'ouulIni!
:i.a;i3,000, Olio or an nveruno of
IS.Tf.il on ouch mail.
1I to dato ilt.UUU awards had been
tuudc. on deaths for amuuuls aggre
gating $21)4, 720,000.'
-Mrs. A. Footo from the Morrllt
hospital ul Oakland, whore, sho has
been nsslntunl superintendent, bus
arrived to tuko charge of the .Medford
sanitarium which has been reopened
by lr. Porter. ' -
IF YOUR EARS RING
WITH HEAD NOISES
If you have roaring, buszlng
poises In your ears, are gel ling,
hard of hearing and tear Ca
tarrhal Deudiess, go to your
druggist und gut I ouncu of
I'nniilnt I double strunglh), and
add to It pint of hot water
mid a llttlo granulated sugar.
Take 1 tabbispuouful four
times a day.
This will nfton bring quick
relief from the distressing head
noises. Clogged nostrils should
open, breathing becomu easy
and tho mucus slop dropping
Into tho throat. 1( Is easy to
prepare, costs llttlo and Is
pleasant to dike. Anyone who
has Catarrhal trouble of lb"
oars. Is hard of hyarlua or has
head noises should glvu this
prescription a trial.
war lesson for
peace times
AR has taught people
save; to get
of Hart, Sclinffm-v & Marx
Attention
Automobilist
We wish to announce to (ho nuto
niohilo puhltc that Seclv Hall has
hoimht a nnc-hnlC interoNt in the
Crater I.nko Motor eompunv.
For. ttt'ontv-ono months Scolv Hall
linn hecn working: on nirpluno and
automobile moloi'H with tho verv high
est dims mcfthnnii'R nt Horkwrll Field.
Tho Inxt Noven months ho hnd ehnrcc
of the (cstine nnd Inspecting de
portment. Heelv Hnll will have ehariro of all
our motor worltl)csinninir January
28th.
I', F. Clnso will havo choree of our
machine shops.
Wo will dinirnoso all motor trouhle
free of chni'L'0 for tho following: two
weeks. , .
Crater Lake Motor Co
BISURATED
MAGNESIA
For Dyspeps'i't Indigestion
Heartburn, llolchliiK, Hour Acid
Klu.ui.i '.i, (las In Hlomurh, etc., take ft
tiu.iuu.mft'.l of ItUurnted .Mngnesls In
a half glass nf hut water after eating.
Is safo, pleasant und harmless to use
and gives almost Instant relief. It
ueutrullscs stomach acidity and
sweetens tho food contents so that
digestion Is easy anil painless. Hold
by druggists every where. Adv.
Order a can of '
S. & W. PEAS
TODAY
and nee how good they are.
Other (mimed Poiih as low uh
lHc. Tin.
S. & W. BABY BEETS
S. & W. SPINACH
LARGE SELECTED
PECONS.
Shells bro'ken, ho you can
pick out the meats, G"c the
pound package.
Schieffelin's
Grocery
36-40 North Central Ave.
the most
CloUics
WESTON'S
Camera Shop
tho Only Exclusive
Commercial Photographor .
in Southern Oregon.
Negatives "made any time or
placo by appointment.
Phone M7-J. '
We'll do tl, rest.
J. B. PALMER '
Medford. .
aw VM Main' Street,
SUNDAY-BERT LYTELL