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Ashland .Tidings Urges Voton
o I Moving Courthouse to Medford
Some very Interesting datn rcnard-
JiU'ksou County' Court limine.
Recently a letter from County Jutle
Hnrtzell relative to contemplated hn
proveniAits and a new office building
at the Jackson county court house was
published in The Titling. The new
building is proposed to house tho of
ficials who are now conducting county
business either In buildings outside the
ing thf early history and present con- 'court hous nt Jacksonville or in of
dition of Mcdford'H water supply was ticca in Medford. The improvements
given ,' by Supt. C. W. Davis at the,mc,uae a new nei"in I(r
KiwaniH meeting Monday.
Mr. Davis said: "In 1SS9 thoro we
only about COO people In Medford
and, they were getting water from
wells.! An appropriation of 200
inches of water was aliened from
Bear creek, a' dam was built near
where the fair grounds now are and
an open ditch run thru the city,
passing ulong Holly street on the
west side of the city park. It proved
vfMj radical and a pump was put in
orta Bear creek- and a water tower
erected in tho park opposite the Med
ford hotel.
"In 1890 a bond Ihsuo of $20,000
was voted for a 10 year period for
improvements. No provision was
made to pay the Issue, and at the end
of that period, 1900, $10,000 more
bonds were added and the $20,000
refunded, making an issue of $30,000
that still stands unpaid and are due
in 1930.
"In 1907 bonds for $45,000 to pay
warrant indebtedness were Issued
payable in 1917.' On that date $15,-
Aflfl war niHrl find 130 flOH rnntliinpi
and $0000 has been paid since, leav
ing $24,000 of that issue still running.
"The issue in 1908 for the present
gravity system to secure Mt. Pitt
water was $355,000, the first $10,000
becoming due in 1923 and was paid,
as has been $24,000 more of this
issue. These bonds fall due in
amounts of $10,000 a year until 193S
when the balance wilt be duet
' Outstanding bonds for water pur
poses on January 1, 1P2G were:
Klrst Issue 1890 .....$ 30.000
Mnd issue. 1907 '.....1 24,000
Gravity system 1908 301,000
Outstanding Jnn. 1, 1 925....$355,000
"Medford has reached the limit of
the present water system and there
are two ways to soivo it. uno is 10
put everyono on a meter,' which
would cost the city about $40,000 and
would make water consumption very
expensive. The other Is to construct
a new system that would cost be
tween $600,000 and $800,000, and to
vote bonds for the same, the title
to 30 to 60 second feet of Big. Butte
having been secured. The present
water supply is 7 Becond foot. The
collars on the wooden pipes are in
bad condition and $30,000 has been
spent in repairs on the system in the
past two years. There are 23 miles
of this pipe above the reservoir that
has 10,000 of these collars.
When tho gravity line was put in
thm-d'Were 500 customers, now there
are 22S3 flat rate users and 175 r.re
on a,' meter and .one customer- has
vused one-thirtiolh of the entire pres-
Oregon Lumber Co. using moro water
than any other largo consumer," com
ing on this year, and with probably
200 to 300 more customers being
added it can be readily seen that the
year than ever before and sprinkling
hours much shorter.
There are now about 1740 acres In
the city and with territory added that
is in:, contemplation there would be
about '400 to 500 acres more.
"At tho prosent time the gross in
come of the water system is above
$60,000.
. "From E. M. Wilson, expert ac
countant's recent examination of the
city books, I take tho following as
bonds paid from Jan. 1, 1919 to Jan.
1, 1925, an avertfge of $47,500 per
year: .
Improvement bonds $162,000
Water gravity and extension.. 65,500
City hall bonds 20.000
Fire apparatus 8,000
Storm bewer 22.500
Bridge ' 7,000
j preFent court house, Jail and new of
fice building.
Comment on this subject was Inad
vertently -delayed. The Tidings feels
that something should be done to
remedy the lack of room nt the court
bonne and tho antiquated heating fa
cilities, and other conditions about the
court hoifse.
What Is tho Httst Plan to Remedy
The Conditions?
The. easiest plan and the one of
least reslstence, would be to construct
the new building, instnll the new heat
ing plant and make other chaimes
about the court house that are badly
needed. This would be at a cost of
many thousands of dollars and even
Ut the boat could not be much of an
improvement ovor the present build
ing and the present conditions.
This plan would still leave the court
house in such a condition that a se
rious fire would work intestimable
damage in the form of destroyed rec
ords and legal papers. It is said that
Cook county, Illinois, today is still du
plicating legal records which were de
stroyed in the great fire in Chicago
many years ago when the court house
was burned. We have not expert
judgment to back up this statement,
but we feel safe In stating that a fire
at Jackson county's court house would
bring the same havoc and loss.
It is true that the records have re
posed safely in the present court house
for many years; but experience has
taught many that a short delay in put
ting up proper safe guards, even in the
face of years and years of doing with
out the safeguards, has resulted dis
astrously. The fact that, the records
HAVE BEEN SAFE is no reason to
assumo that they WILL ALWAYS HE
SAFE in the present court house,
Total bonds paid $285,000
yPHe total bonded indebtedness of
thecity Jan. 1, 1925 was $908,000, of
which $10,000 or $12,000 has been
paid nincc."
The potato chips served at th din
ner were from the Southern Oregon
Potato Chip Co., a new Medford in
dustry and were first class.
tt. Richardson, manager of the
Western Auto Supply Co., told of the
1925 prosperity campaign they are
conducting.
Jack Thompson told of the excur
sion to Copco, and Vernon Vawter
"added a few remarks' expressing
surprise at tho magnitude and thor
oughness of the plant being installed
and said It is being built with a view
to the greatly increased demand for
power. He closed by saying tho Cali
fornia Oregon Power Co. employs
1000 men on this work with a payroll
of $14,000 a day and the plant when
completed in Juno will have cost
$2,800,000.
A. G. Smith received tho atten
dance prize, a key-container, given by
Robt. Hammond,
WOMAN HELD FOR
KIDNAPPING BABY
which, nceording to stateinen'0 made
to The Tidings, would not be able to
withstand large fire.
The Tidings most assuredly feels
that all of the officials should be hous
ed together so that all can have ready
access to the roconls and so that tho
transaction of business between the
various offices can be handled advan
tageously. Also The Tidings firmly
feels that the Jackson county court
house should have better heating fa
cilities and other improvements.
However, Tho Tidings hesitates to
endorse the expenditure of n large sum
of money on the court hoinso at its
present location or for additions on the
present site.
The Tidings feelH it would be advis
able for the county commissioners to
postpone action on the construction
and improvements nt the prosent court
house site and that as quickly as pos
sible the voters of Jackson county
should be allowed to express their op
inion on the question of a new court
house.
The contemplated improvements are
not necessarit because of any emer
gency, nnd would not offer any added
protection to tho records, so the delay
would not be harmful nor unbearably
inconvenient to tho officials.
(There hns been considerable discus
sion of whether the court house should
remain at Jacksonville or whether it
would not be better to have tho court
house at Medford. Not in the spirit
of desiring to take away anything
from one community nnd to give the
advantage to another community:
but solely because many think Med
ford would be a more central, a more
natural, a moro advantageous loca
tion for the court house, and The
Tidings feels that before any consid
erable expense is entailed In improv
ing the present building or adding
thereto, the voters should be given the
privilege of expressing their opinion
on this question.
Then if tho voters refuse to sanc
tion the removal of the court house
to Medford. we would be heartily in
favor of making any and all Improve
ments or additions necessary to make
a more convenient, more modern nnd
safer, the present court house build
ing. Ashland Tidings.
DKS MOINES. Iowa. April 7.
Readers of the Pes Moines Register,
which yesterday begun an exporituent
in the handling of crime new storieu
on nn inside section, much afier the
manner of sports and markets, ex
pressed differing opinions on tho
value of the method In a symposium
published in tho paper this morning,
Chief of Police James it, Cavender,
endorsing the ox perl men t said that
"the segregation of crime news Is un
doubtedly a forward step In overcom
ing the glorifying of crime by under
developed minds."
Tho opposite view was expressed
by a local circus man who s.tid he
"believed the publication of crime
news Is helpful," and that "the great
est correction of crime is tho public
ity given it by newspapers."
F. L. Osborne, a bond agent fa
vored the plan "because be could clip
the section before his children read
the paper."
An attorney said he believed crime
news "over-emphasized."
Messages from editors Including
Henry Bayard Swope. of tho New
York World, expressed interest in
the experiment which followed the
passage of a resolution by the wom
en's clubs of the city asking elimina
tion of front page crime stories.
IS
Information was received by the
sheriff's offico Monday that Oregon
Jones, notorious desperado and es
caped convict from the state prison
at Salem, is hiding in tho wilds of
western Josephine county, disguised
as a hunchback and wearing n full sot
kpf -whiskers- and horn-rimmed spec
tacles. , !
According to Deputy Sheriff Forn
crook, Jones has a pad on his back
that gives him the appearance of be
ing deformed, and has been recognized
by people who know him, and who
reported the matter to the authorities.
Milam Jones, a brother of Oregon,
who escaped from the county jail at
Jacksonville 18 months ago while
awaiting trial for highway robbery,
is believed to be In the same vicinity.
Oregon Jones, serving a 20 year
sentence for highway robbery, escaped
from tho penltontlnry at Salnni In the
Tall of 19:13 and oludod capture. Mo
was regarded as a desperate man.
Milam Jones, a brother, and partner
in his crimes, was arrested at Imr
Angeles and brought back to this
county to await trial. He escaped ten
days after his brother. Dewey Jones,
another brother, nnd youngest of the
lot, is serving a 20-yoar sentence at
Salem. Oregon Jones always main
tained thnt Dewey was innocent of
any part in the series of holdups and
declared that his efrorts to escape
would be continued as long as Ucwey
was a prisoner.
Milnm escaped from the local jail
by slugging the jailer while he was
bringing the evening meal to the
prisoners. A Mexican by the name of
Gonzales went with him, but was cap
tured on the outskirts of Jacksonville.
The last seen of Milam he was dodg
ing through the chapparal south of the
county seat. A posse kept on his trail
for two days and lost It in the wilds
of Forrest creek. Milam has a wile
and a small baby, whose relatives re
side near Albany, Ore.
At. the time the authorities worked
on the theory that the two brothers
planned on joining forces. Both are
experienced woodsmen and could hide
in the timber for years-without any
particular, danger of capture. Both
are crack shots.
The Jones boys were southern Ore
gon's most Bpectaculari badmen. In
the winter of 1922 and 'spring and
summer of 1923 they staged a series
of hold-ups in this and Josephine
county, the most spectacular being the
robbing of a party of tourists on Sex
ton hill, next to Grants Pass, while a
mountain storm was approaching, and
the Hlackwell hill hold-up' near Gold
Hill. In the last crime couples re
turning from the fairground dance hall
were stopped on the lane joining the
Pacific highway and Oakdale avenue,
this city, bundled into a car, taken
to Blackwell hill and relieved of money
and valunhles.
During the course of the hold up a
local citizen became profane and, one
of the Jones' dealt Jiim a heavy blow
on the wrist with the hutt. of a nin.
nan iukk, Apru i. mm. i"jiioi, witn me words, "i n teach you to
Jones was held In 100.000 bail on
a chargo of kidnapping after she
had been identified in police court
today as the woman who took f'vc
year old Raimnde Maluski, Jr.,
from the Washington Heights dis
trict In a taxlcab March 2il. The
had been under arrest several days
on suspicion of having kidnaped the
boy as revenge against his father for
causing her arrest recently.
Anna Logan, ten year old play-
swear In front of women."
Holds Saunders Pay
Piggly-Wiggly Corp.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., April. Judge
Smith Hickenlooper, in an opinion
filed in federal district court here
mate of the missing youth, identi-t0(iay held that the Piggly-Wiggly
fled Mrs. Jones as the woman who corporation was entitled to $1,664.
followed the boy on the night of his jnj from Clnrenre Saunders, founder
disappearance. No One has yet nnd former head of the I'iggly-Wig-
een foud of him. gl. organization.
Radio Programs
for Tonight
KFI. I,os Angeles, 46S.5 meters, 8
to 9, Los Angeles Kxnminer program.
9 to 10. American Glee Singers in a
progrnm of popular music Interspersed
with Folk songs. 10 to 11, l'uckard
UaMad hour. .
KH.I. Los Angeles, 405.2 meters, 8
to 10, Program through tho courtesy
of Henley & Scott, insurance, ar
ranged by Uncle John.
KNX, Hollywood. 337 meters, 8 to
9, Klito catering company, courtesy
program. 9 to 10. Independent Furni
ture Manufacturing Co. 10 to 12,
('Movie Night) Hotel Ambassador, Abe
Lyman's orchestra ' '
KFWIS, Holtyn'ond, 252 moters, 9
to 10, Mcrton Godilard; popular singer.
Original Hollywood C'alifornlans. 10 to
11, Warner Bros, program, conducted
by Harry Seymour. 11 to 1, Mont
martre Cafe.
KFON. Long Beach, 232.4 meters,
8 to 9. TJie Press Telegram program,
under the- direction of Miss Phyllss
Itandall, violin soloist. 9 to 11, The
Virginia Hotel Ballroom orchestra.
KFItC, San Francisco, 367.7 meters,
8:03 to 10, Dance music by Paul Kent's
orchestra, playing at 11 Trovatore
Roof Garden cafo.
KPO, Sun Francisco, 428.3 meters,
8 to 1(1, Program by the U. s. Army
band.
KGO, Oakland. 301 meters. 8, Studio
program. 10 to 1. Dance music, pro
gram by Henry Halstead's orchestra
and soloists. Hotel St. Francis, San
Francisco.
KFOA. Seattle, Wash., 455 meters.
8:15, Weather report. 10 to 11, F.ddio
Harkness and -his orchestra, playing
from the Marine Room of the Olympic
Hotel.
KQW, Portland, 401. B meters, 8,
Oregon Agricultural College Kxten-
tlon Service lecture. 8:30, Concert by
courtesy of Woolaeh & Powell. 10.
Multnojnah Hotel Strollers. (2 hours.)
WFAA, Dallas, Texas. 470 meters,
9 to 10, Organ recital at tho Palace
theater, Dwight Brown, solo organist,
playing request numbers and original
posilions.
CHILDLESS
HOMES
Read Mrs. Benedict's Letter
Praising Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Kewanee, Illinois. "When I was
married about a year and a half I took
Lydia rmkham a
Vegetable Com
pound because of ill
health. I did not
have any children.
I now have two
healthy little girls
and I am sure I would
not have had them
had it not been for
your medicine. Last
spring and summer
I got ail run-down,
irregular, and I had
awful headaches, and my back and side
hurt me so that I could stay up only a
short time. My limbs would get bo tired
and ache till 1 could cry, I started to
take the Vegetable Comrjound again and
used the Sanative Wash, and it was not
long till I was relieved. Now I do all
mvown work and help others. I sure
praise Lydia E. Pinkham's medicines to
any one I meet that is suffering from
similar troubles. I think if mothers
with girls would give it to them when
they come to womanhood it would make
them stronger. People who have known
me all my lift are astonished to see fte
now as I was always sickly when in my
'teens and until I started taking the
Vegetable Compound." Mrs. MaryR.
Benedict, 313 Payson Street, Kewanee,
Illinois.
RUPTURE
EXPERT
COMING
vh I in in m ?il 13
EXPRESSED ABOlJT 1 STORE iROBB
nninir mrmo inn t .
rs, as
EDii
STOLEN!
Men's Suits, High Top Shoes, Gold Watches, Gold Chains
Pocket Knives and Suit Cases.
NOV WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
Break into the store and steal the goods when we are
almost giving the goods away!
JUST LOOK AT OUR PRICES!
Men's 100 wool suits, sold
anywhere for $35 and $25,
latest style, all sizes. . .$19.50
Other suits as low as. .$10.00
Men's 220 Denim over
alls $ 1.15
Men's khaki pants.... $ 1.15
Men's work shirts .....$ .59
Men's red and blue hdkf. .05
Men's canvas gloves. . .$ .10
Men's work sox $ .10
Men's athletic union suits$ .50
Men's shirts and
drawers $ .50
Men's all1 leather work
shoes, going at . . H $2.98
Men's fine dress shoes. $4.00
Ladies' shoes.1 $2.98
Mens and boys' oxfords,
crepe rubber soles, the
kind they broke into a
store to get, boys' going
at . $3.75
Men's going at . .$4.50
Boy's Hi-Kicks, $2.35
to i. . . ..... $2.85
A 50c base ball vith every pair
Dayton loggers .$6.50
Rubber boots. .,. . ,.. . . .$3.50
Demonstrate the
Famous
Rice Method
To Callers at Hotel
If vou nre ruptured, your blK
iini'imiitv bus now arrived. If you
woull like to be flee from Hie "lav
ory of nougin?. pint-bins rluiflnB
trusses tnnt i-ninRe Iif3 -' a harden,
then HKlta anii A"JV is tho lime
to act. -
CTW.MILLE
nhttur
. export in nn
onsoH, tniiiiotl iintler -the inrscnnl
dlrentlun of lii?;, Admin,
N. Y., tho famniiM discoverer nf (he
Uice Non-Rui-Rical Kupturo Melliod,
will be at tho
Holland Hotel
Modioli), Oregon.,
Thursday, April 9
Tho expert Is hero to personally
demonstrate to all ruptured people
what tho like Itupture Method can
accomplish. You have, no doulit.
heard and read much nbout this
famous Method and the cures whlrli
thousands huvo reported from It.
Now, you have the ehance to find
n,ii nil niiniiT it In have it demon
strated to you nnd to see what it
enn Ho in YOUlt OWN case, .irai
call at tho hotel anil this expert
will (rive you his personal nmn
tion, hest advice and comploto dem
onstration absolutely without charge.
Are you tired of that blndlmr,
hampering, uncomfortable truss?
Would you like to ho freo of it for
ever? ' Then InvestlKale this Hire
Method and find out the possibili
ties it holds out. Surely a Method
that could cause so many thousands
of former rupture sufferers to re
port cures must be worthy of your
full und complete Investigation.
The nice Method Is different from
nnythlnff else. It is modern, up-to-the-minute,
abreast of tho latest
scientific developments. It Is the
one Method that vou nro not asked
to take on faith alone the 'one
Method that Is positively demonstrat
ed to you, riKht on your own per
son, without any charne whatever.
You do not spend a penny unless.
after havlnp a full and complete
demonstration, you decide that this
is the method for you. And you-
you alone are the sole judge of
that.
In Justice to yourself, tomo In nnd
see this expert. Itemember, he will
be here only one day, then your op
portunity will be Rone. (it-asp It
NOW. It may prove to be the wisest
thing you ever did, and Anyway, it
costs you nothing to find out.
Ilctncfiibcr, conic to the Holl:itnl
p'lol'-l any ilny from '.t to 12 rrc
nor,ns to 5 afternoon, or 7 to
In the evening. The date is Tllurs
iiQ. April 0.
Don't let this opportunity get away
from you.
W. S. RUE, Adums, S. Y.
Anyhow, they knew what store to rob for real quality merchan
dise. Our goods are in such demand that they can't wait till the store
opens, but they break in and steal all they can carry away.
This is sure a money saving store.
THE CHEAPEST STORE IN THE WEST
WILL H. WILSON
' 32 N. Front St.
AutomoL2e Repairing
Day and Night 8ervlee
MOOEE & MARTIN
315 N. Rlverslds Stomas
Day Phone 806 Night Phone 1127
Manufacturers of Sash, Doors,
Moulding, Cabinet Work and
High-Grade Interior Finish.
All Finish Sandec
MEDFORD
PLANING MILL
"QUALITY AND 8ERVICE
OUR MOTfO"
Eleventh and Pir Sts., Medford
Fertilizers
For tomatoes, gardens, strawberries, lettuce,
lawns, flowers, berries.
Milkmake
Brings contentment' to the dairy cow and in
creases the cream check.
Lead, Sulphur, Lime, Spreader,
Oil Emulsion
Economy Egg Producer
It brings results. Ask the user.
,.p.i
l f Farm Bureau
Co-Operative Exchange
$ick and-
SI
We ltnow how to make
Ice cream. There Is a
velvety quality to our
cream that lifts It to
an ex.ilted place as a:
dessert. Try some to
day, It's delicious.
Aslfor
Nutritious Ice Cream
Jackson County
Creamery
Willys-Knight
5-Passenger Touring Car
. in excellent condition
Will Trade
The Busy Corner Motor Co.
Travel by Motor Stage
SAFELY, SWIFTLY AND COMFORTABLY
- Effective November 30
Northbound From Medford
Daily to Portland 7:45 a. m.
Daily to Eugene ,....1:00 p. m.
1:00 p. m. stage connects to Fortlnml following morning.
We tnke passengers for all way points. For further information
and tittkota call Union Stage Depot, l'lions 309.
Fare Medtord-Portland, $7.85
Direct Connections at Roscbtirg for Coos Bay Toint.