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MTCWOftD MATL TitTBUNTC, AfEDFOUD, ORKOOX, RUN DAY, .1UXK 10. 1 920
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STATEMENT BY
WATER BOARD
UPON PROBLEM
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Sale of Excess Supply to
Outside Districts Held
Good Business, Means
to Meet Bond Indebted
ness, r;nd licrease Reven
ue Heavy Wastage
Shrown By Commission
Records.
i-dlonl uiu
tin- fiu
wiil K.vis
T'io liitn rd of water
; ntr.s of i lit riiy of M
lift t with pi encnijiiK ii
ns u i iiri, wnk h
nn insigtu lulu the;
mishit; limn tile iipi-rallon of ihr
in w i.ifi Culte priliKH W.Uit .y.i
tt Ml. WJlUii IHiw hUlipliCH tile i ll) .
When I ne main iipc 1-iie from
thi se hpriiiKS wun cuniil(-ie( ami
utiai lu-il ii the rlty iii-i nhui iim
lii.iiiis near the reseivuliH on
t'n j II nl 1 1 two hit j;e water nn--li-t.H
were Instalhtl al Dial jHiint
h Ihltt aeilir.lle Wilier lneaMl re -IiieiitM
of t he city's daily u e "I
W;ilt:r could he made.
,Me;LHuremciUK Mmw that the tn
tal dally flow ut water limn J Ik
Jtulte SpriiiKs tti re.servmi'H is
ahuut J l!,UMi,iHH Kai Ions, ur IS
HtM-und feet every il-t liuill'M. A
lame volume of this water in nut
re. iiilied lur the cliys daily line m
11 l:i released from the HiijIy
11m nnd I'eHi'i' vol im and in wasieti
down (he creek near the H d Top
tt lion) hoil.e,
'i he daily MUpply for the cily
n:i-ilttiiinK wysieiu p:isen Ihmunli
the meters which n t-oi l I in
ii nn in til v( water n-d within the
city at n II limes. These meters
phew (he aveniK' dally use for
as follows:
rental during the next lu yeaih
that would, with InieieMt (nrnt'il,
almost pay oft! the bonds due In
l'J38 on the abandoned wooden
pipe line.
1 The estimated tolal rei-uiie-
lnentH of water per day for the
above outside tdiMriels is upio.i
; mutely oo.uim) K;ilh.ns, which is
"""'lit one-sixtieth ,,f the daily sup-
I )v coming to .Medfojd and about
om-twenlieih of the water that
; Would tin to wasty in the creek
dmiiiK our jieak month of An-
iKUSt When our ity use i.s Kleatewt.
! It virtually means creating wealth
i out of tin- thin air ami recouping
a small part of (lie daily loss of
jwaier now tfoinjr on cnniimiuusly.
Vuur water erMiimission is firmly
eorninced that, if Ken the op
portunity to market for donn-MR-use
the surplus water that Is now
j released In the creek each year,
j enough n.wiiile cuuhj be realized
' duriiiK (he L'S years' life of the
j new water bonds to pay nearly
I half of them off. and' at the
, same lime this plan would con
j tribute largely to the healthlul
: ness and prosperity of the out
lying districts, as well as to our
own city.
.Many years will pass In; fore city
requirements will absorb the ex
cess supply of water now HVail-
able and It should hut be said that
j this waste is tolerated to the
I detriment (,f adjacent districts and
w t himt regard to its present po-
tential value.
M K I I ( I : I ) w A T K It (' .M M. )
K. ". Caddis, 'balrman.
June 1 ;
. .. . . . . . .. . 1 n i iMMiiTflra;!!
VOTE GNE-ll
ialloiis.
a," "'iti
4 . -1 a 4 . f '
fi.H.'U.l'HiO
:,lH(i.!HMI
Jan., Fob., .March
April, .May ami June..
July, August, Sept
Ocl . Nov., Dee.
.March shows the lowest a vr
iitfe daily use of- 1 khIIous j
Awe, usl shows I he hiKhesl daily
uvcinne use f T.mH.Htii) gallons. j
With lL'.thHi.miu nalloiis of wiifr
dally ctMniiiK down the supply linej
Jl will be read.ly seen that iluillif;
fllai i'h nearly 1 il.tuui, I Ma lion-.
per day wei e t urned into t he j
crick and wasted, piirinu Auuut
wln'ii Um l.ii'Kt'fd. timounl was:
used nearly ri.ooo.oiiO Kalions dai y
we re turned inlo the creek a ml
wnlcd.
The dully average use of water
In the city for the i utile yeari
llil'.S was sIlKhtly less than four
million Kalions. therefore this rep
resents about one-third of (he
total volume of water suppl ed by 1
the main ln from HIk llutiei
epriiiKs.
Willi mich a laruo volume of!
e: cess water flowini; thrnimh the
pupply lino. It is eviilent that- the j
c'oiiimlHslnn is confronted with the
-rohlcm of fludinK mi additional
inaiket for it If it Is to H'-rve
the city In accordance with i;(Md
business methods.
What Is more natural ihuii (hat
We won hi listen to tilt! plea of
Die various deleat Ions of people
llvlni: outs'de of the cliy limits
that they be permitted to build
their own pipe lines and attach
on In the city mains no as to be
come users fif Home of the surplus
water now Kolnn to waste? Isn't!
this the business-like ami sensible I
till UK to do? j
We think It Is Just what would,
lie expected of us, and purl leu-
Inrly from the fact that It meami
ti Mlbslantlal increase in the watei j
receipts which are needed to pay j
for this marvelous system of;
pure water. I
Thl's far the nut side nn of
cily water is (;tute limited, but
cm rent receipts from th s soun e ,
for ,M y w.is which means I
;r0-l.:0 per year, mid with a
like a mount received each ear ;
during the in At -X ye-irs. ret re
entlK the lile of the new watei ;
lunuls. will it mod m to the tidy '
mm of 14 1.2 .".T.ii" that can be
npplled in reilriuK tin se old. i
bonds.
'i ne amounts of city w :iter hombi
HOW Olllstaild.nK ale as lidloW;; t
JNmds lor old dls-
iriliulliiK mains mi
Jaiim.s for wi.o.i pipe i
line tuhandoiied) ... L'vi.nini.iin
XUimls for llli; liulte I
Splines supply I'l.'i
I Ah tin; rcHitlt of an elncllfm held
1 yi slentay. (he Howard - lierrydale
1 water distrltrt liicnrpnriited last
fall, Wiis (lis-lncni puraled as the
Hirst Hleps toward t'oiniliiK Ihc new
I .Midway Watr dislrlcl which will
I iticlnile double (lie area. The vol"
j was II yes, and one against. (Top
ier petitions have been tiled with
Mhe Jackson County Court by rcsi
jdeiilH nf (he piopused new district,
ami (lie election set lor July i.
jadoptim; the adliti(Mial area will
he a mere orinalitv.
This step was prornpfod by the
fact that certain randies were
omltteil last fall when tho articles
of Incorporation were drawn up,
and because the re:'cn( luilMInt; of
the new Midway rond thrniih a
portion f die ,,M H ist let. Tl)i:-i
changed the nni!i or the section
considerably and made apparent
the neeessity of fucliidlnn land o:i
b.dh sides of the road.
Obituary
Word was received hero that
Carttl Howry. a pioneer resi
dent oi Alottdiait. Idnho. (licit at
Hillside hospital. Kiamulh Kails.
Siitnrduy altenmun, nller a lltHicr
ini; Illness. ( had been a resident
rf thin city fir the past flvu years,
and Iuih relatives llvlns hero. The
l-'st i if oh will hu held at Meridian,
Idaho.
JK.WSK.V Josephine L. .M. Jen--en
passed away very fpiietly at
the home of her daimhter, .Mrs. W.
F. Itohi-rts. 1! I Ceneal'.o street,
Saturday mornlnij, Juno 15, at N
o'cloi'l;, at tho umo of T4 years. '2
months and I'J days. .Mrs. Jensen
was horn In Norway, April ;i. I
where she spent the early part of
her life. In lS!l she, with her
husbaml. came to the Culled States
ami s. -tiled at Salt Lake city.
I 'tab, livinji t here until 1 H J 7, at
which time she came to Medford
to live with her daughter. She
was a Mood Christian character and
vi-iy acilvo In the Seventh Day Ad
vonllst church of Salt l.ako City.
She leaves seven children. two
da uk liters and five sons, M rs. J o
hanna ti. Itiimham of Medfir.l and
Mrs. Hilda li.ol.crts of Medfnnl:
i'lv Jen.icn of Salt Lake City, Jos
eph JVdsen or lleyburn, Malm;
William .lensen of I innnini. Cat. ;
Cred Jensen nf Walla Willi.
Wa-h , and Arnold Jensen of Salt
lal:e Cl.y; also Hi niamlchildren
and three meat grandchildren. Ttie
reinatiiM will be sent to Salt I. alio
City Monday at 1 I : -Hi a. in. by the
I'ei I iMiin ral home. w here the
funeral service and iu'eiim-nt will
take place.
Births
Th":c was burn o .Mr. mid Mrs.
C. A. Co-.lii'l at the Smred lleaii
hospital l i.-d Thursday a tarn wel-;li-in;;
p.iip- p.;iiuls and Hue ounces.
,
Ct:i--lf(.d .i.tv..rti.N(ni; ff.-t lOfsUltH
'Jot.il nil water bonds
oittstandtm; n.2:tl.0iHi.(hi
Yearly payments are b e I n k
made on those various water bond:
Whit h Will ret, re mo-t of lliem al
jni'turity. Tlu re are, how ever,
$lM.,Ulil of iiolids against the old
ood pipe line now abandoned,
tln.i nil come due In H'S ami i
Js this blot u of bonds in which
We lire nnwi cotu-ei m d. a they
Will have lii i p oullaiidlim :i"
yt .ii s on a pipe I ne now ole o-
Jele; t h4-r.'fol e the commission I
xi tilii: e .'! it fori to i 1 1 a I e
Hinkifw fund to relti thin.
Tiie loKical way lo secui o pai I
)f t b Is Heeded money lo sell
Mil plus Water to addition. il olll-idc
Users, thus build UK up addition l
!o i nue from water now run mm:
to waste.
'I'here ate three outside tlMrh ts
timv desirous of old a In inn a pel -liqn
of this KUl'plUS WliHT, ltr.r.
(Inle, oak drove nnd Jaiksoinill'
It In rea -lonablo to epcct I b it
by mi pi 1 I uk those dlMrlcls, the
inoriihly rentals from outs do users
will more than double by te.n him
npin oxlmatoly $ moo per nmnth
to.al within n short lime. Tluw
the city would ie elve npproxi
Jiiatt'j' M-0.yyO lor uurplus waUi
Sunday Dinner
Hotel Medford
Dinner $1.00
"The Food Is Better"
At the Medford
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beautiful picture is indelibly impressed on the minds of the attentive guests. Thoughtful planning has been necessary to as
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fv- on Confidence
Twenty Years In Medford
Look Up Our Record
Then See Our Dicmopds
LAWRENCE'S
Medford's Lcng and Well Established Jewelry Store
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The June Bride
is deserving of the best in the world. She wants a
HOME OF HER OWN
This is a double-constructed five-room house on a sightly loca
tion, good basement and heating plant. Can be bought at a bar
gain price and excellent terms, city water available and the resi
dence carries a guarantee that the purchaser's wife will be con
tented and happy.
See HOLMES for HOMES, Nash Hotel Cor.
AN IDEAL GIFT FOR
THE BRIDE AND GROOM
A SILVER ANNIVERSARY
BUICK
Money Can't Buy
Reliable Car
Get Behind the Wheel
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otor Co.
BUICK AND MARQUETTE DEALERS
33-40 N. Riverside Phone 73
cuoicr
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only "Oi-iiii'e
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T aiit tniiltir t Iran, Itlo
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UHO Ki.ni.ili rllhiii Mllh
i'l.iil. .fiijilit illmnmiil ml
i.iuikr Mitu Mntihii ring.
JEWELERS
MEDFORD. ORE.
Give Her
Beauty Aids for
Travel Days
Wa Have a Complete Line of Per
fume nnd Beautiful Atomizers
'Get It At Magill's'
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MedfcrJ's Oldest and Newest
Dntj Store
A Bride Decides
And The Jeweler Provides
We have a stock of wedding rings that will please the most discriminating cus
tomer, rings that express individuality and appropriateness.
The quality and price are beyond comparison.
18-K solid white gold, hand-carved and set with three beautiful diamonds
Our price $13.50.
Other designs in 18-K as low as $ !.()
Fay E. Diamond, Jeweler
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There are precious moments and cherished event3 which only the camera can
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JUNE SALE
Pianos, Radios
and Victrolas
Orthcphonic Victrolas
Ten models to select frcm, Spring
and Electric Motors.
Viilm-s to
RALE PFICE
$75 to $187.50
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Special Friccs On All Musical Instruments During June
PALMER MUSIC HOUSE
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