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r , ;,7; 1 ' I r. ft fx " m 'J, '!' f r .. "i V ,'.v ff' V '.r- , PAGE TWO View of residence and grounds home as remodeled the past year. SWIFT GIFT ARM RHR NFW YHRili UUII-I .UUIj I IIUUI.IUMI.U lli.fl I LI 111 1U WELL AS CHRISTMAS; NEW PROGRAM II jr J:uK'e ,IjoiiK United Press iuff Correspondent jMOHCOW. Dec. 21. (Cl) The New Year will find the Soviet regime at a critical Juncture :n us iiiniory. jn condition or we j is aware. Jiut at least it was sup vaxt domuln under the red fU f pressed effectively enough to en of hoped-for communism Is morejaul0 the Kremlin, under Josepn strained-than nr- any-time wince ( Stalin's direction, to begin to-jut tho conclusion of th( civil wnrk;me dnistic lift program into prac and the liquidation of tho fumlna. I fjCP. . What position does Trotsky now hold? . What 'til the' flve-yenr plan?; ( Has -ccnsurshlrj Increased 'ov decreased. In the Ui M. S. n.? I Those mid othor questions are answered Jn 1)lst revlow "Tnf tremls-'-.and devolopmonls-: in HunHla.iluilns IC29. ;: ' The question Js no longer,' as In : . s::"'.... ..iir.-" Thc govern ment 'In Moscow 'is' as stable., as imy In ICurope and n lot more stable thuh many. Tho question rather U whether It will emoi ge i from th presont ieHod of lutein- I 'son A not only Its surplus but Inu'.ih' wive roconstructloVi.-' of . prodigloO'of ifs" necessities1 ahrohfll' tri' con' strain and uncriflce, a tho com- scqticnco food niUHt .be carefully munized. highly industrialized nv rationed, The 'workers, receiving tlon :enysloned by the . Kremlin , scarcely subsistence wages, hand leader. 7 V , " , back part of. It through hugo In- Thp-'communist government hns tenia 1 lunn.i. Moreovor they mui.f ''iibollphod' Noav Year. The whol'ii givo inoro . of themsolves' to thoir of vtrhde, l),hd. production will not j work: production . must ' tl)e . In pauH to , signalise the expiration creased. ' ' ' of 1929 or tho dawn of 1930- . Thet ' Tho non-stop work-week was In Soviet Union will not Uke stock) troduced. 'hen the fi-day week. of Its situation Just now. The ; time for stock taking wan on Nov ember 7 Inst, 'when tho thirteenth year , of tho , ttulshcvlk revolution was ushered In amidst great ;cek brntliins. i; ;, ';(' ' ' ul mUllohs of Individual Soviet citizens; f only throughthe;hfblt of a lifetime, will pause to luok back at (he terribly Tough grouiul covered in the past year and ahead, apprehensively, at . the territory, even rougher froiri aU Indlcntlon.t, that stretches before them In ,the new year"., V They wlli; realUe, IfJ they hiivo watched the course of events'ln telligently. t;hnt". 192fl marked the opening of a drive toward com munist Ideals, til or o ruthlessly vU; moiiH, moro hespeVnte than 4 any thlnu nlnue th ruling party, und'-r Lenin, w"s obliged to retreat fro'm war commuufi'm into the ' N?w Kconomlc Policy In lfli'l. They will realise, -atyO, that 1930. while It will not by any mean mark th conclusion of the drive; Is likely to determine success or.fallurej 8inio Indiwtiy ' In JQJS.the I'ommunlst party leadprshlp undertook1 in grim earn est tho Job of driving the Sovi-'t Union as quickly as. possible a lot more quickly than possible accord ing to some 'critlrjt tp socialism. Htato industry must ' be expanded at. a sped never befp attempted anywhere In the world. Tho peas ants, whether they llked.lt or not. must he gotten to merge their land Into ' collectives for com mil in I working by 'niodern methods. Th remnants of private trading miiMtlmiMit answered with terror. In be swept aside. " The shudps t bourgeois thought and opinion must ,be exercised. It was a program so "left" thit the former demanibi of the Trotskv faction seemed pale liy cpmpr son. 11 was certain to call out ev ery nun drop of fighting Hplrlt In the people whose ' economic and even physical existence. It tlirent ened: the' prlvare f, traders, the richer peasant,' the unfriendly or just apathetic' IntelllgenisiA. T meet this opposition required a un ified party wlctriintf Its power with out sentiment or hesitation.' The remainders of the Trotskv opposition were therefore elimin ated. . !eon Trotsky himself wa ant out of Ihe 'country. Ml fol lowers for the most part ate hum ble pie and accepted party disci pline. Hut the lift program Inevi tably gave rise to a Hlght opposl lion within the. communist ranks people who contended that the Kremlin whs biting off more than It could swalltm', Michael Tomsky Nicholas Hnkharln, others nlendid for leu haste, more moderation. They were voicing the conviction" of a considerable portion of th party members and "n overwhelm ing portion of the non-pr.y 'ivop ulatlon. - Amuliif FlTo-Vear plan . i The Right opposlUan too was throttled, - Tha, leadera.were shi-ru ;JVA Typical -Ranch '.Home of F. Corning Kenly ranch home I Scores of simllir homes, .are dott of power.. The vmik-und-filo lights dared not uHsert themselves. .'This opposition bv lho end of the year . . n i . i i .. , is much stronser than the country . Thus It was that 1929 . saw. tho unfolding of tho amazing fivc-yeiir plan of Industrialisation. The. five year period begun on pctober. 1, 1928, but tho rounded plan .van not divulged, until last. spring.. No more ambitious economic . effort ,.ha over botoo been undormkon on so largQ u cale In humun h'.a- i tory, The plan aims to' itccoip j'ilwh in half a decade an amount of Industrialization which other i nations even a country as richly endowed by nature as the VnlNd ! r.:.. " ?" ol l""itlfir Institutions made bold .The ambitious plan dulled . fcr lowering sacrifices on the , part or tho whqlo Sovlot Union., To pro- vide machinery, the- -counUy must "Socialist comnetllion" between factories and entlro Industries waa started throughout tho country to stJhiulato production.- Tho uni versal day of rest, the accustomed holldnys, overy. luxury and more and- moro necessities, .Were sacrl-'. flced to the. great god Industry. Some of .the .workers grumble 1, others fixed (heir vision upon the promised , socialist' future,,, nnd smiled. And all miwlo nnd ' con tinue to make untold sacrifices. 1 OillwUvo mrliia. At 'the same , time an unprece dented vIroi-ouh campaign was be gun to lead or force the peasants Into collective farms. Tho pro cess was not always, gentle. The upper layer of peasants, the so-, rolled "kulaks,' were taxed often to the point nf extermination. Some through fear, others through conviction entered the collectives In larger numbers than the Kro-n-II n Itself had planned. Uy lH'U. at tho present rate, fully half of tlie enormous peasant population will be "socialised. ' Coincident with these drives there was a systematic effort to Uppres the private trader. Th-" I effort reached Its most onergetl? period towards the end of the year and wns accompanied by many ar rests In the urban centers. As was to be expected, thoe affected adversely by tho offic'itl program fought it covertly. In the villages particularly the year was filled with widespread violence on the piirt of peasants who felt themselves Ill-used. The govevn city and country alike there were thousandH of arrests, numerous executions, exiles. Imprisonment. In Ihe task undertaken by th present communist leadership the Individual counts for nothingno price is too big for eventual sue cex. The extreme b-ft program which gained Impetus n" 139 grew older affected every nook -and cranny of Soviet life. Hellulon was fought more energetically than ever be fore, its meitxre fights being fu v titer clrcumsei Ibcd by pew 1h., The press, the (hrtlrr. literature was cenxored and controlled molt vigorously thsn any time In recent years. Nothing the least bit non conformity vat tolerated, whether the offendor wan a popular writer nr. u pomiUir communist leader. The dictatorship unnucfttlonsbtv became more dictntorlal in 1929. Foreign ltillclis The beginning of 19.10 finds th" left program well stnrted but at n pace which will tax the HovlM regime. In Us every inunclc and nerve. Kortunntely for the Krem lin the harvcHt wan unusunliv good. Sufficient grain has hsen collected to ansura tifend for the elites, which is the sliongent ini1, cnthn of success for the years ef fort. In Its foreign policies the Soviet Union hns little to Imast of. The -MEDFORD MATT; In the Rogue River n the foothills district, just south of ed over the landscape in all parts of overthrow of Amnnulluh, who wns distinctly friendly towards JUm cow, wan a serious blow. ' The seizure of the , Chinese , Eastern railway by tho Manchuriun .war lords was even more serious. This led to a sharp not to (ho-UnlKd Mtntos lute, in, the year. Relations with Germany, whilo still friend ly, are less satisfactory than they were a. year at; o. Diplomatic re lations with Hnghind, grudgingly t resumed by the Labor government meunt tnan was "oprd expected, since from present Indl- !caUon it. will not be accompanied by a. loan. j . Despite economic difficultie.i, 1 terrific political pressure, foreign ; embroilments, the stimulating life i of Kusaia was as rich and Colo ful as ever. That Is the eternal ! wonder of this country, half Kuro-j jiean, half Asiatic and ever n land of partidox. The inherited shame of illiteracy Is being wiped out gradually and much was nccomp- j I Us he (I In that direction during the! year. The. theater, despite the the censor put on n(1ll)U. .,)lluc, notable productions and drew mil lions of spectators, many of whom had .never been to a real thoiUvr over before in their narrow lives. The .motion picture studios In par ticular turned out films that make history for the whole url. Bcien- Moiifrejtrtv In 'almost (very bfrtfnbh'bf humuir Uuusv ledge; .; "--H.-- LARGE MINING ER CO. LAKE Winter Operations .at .Ster ling, Mine Already Started r Huge Irrigation and Placer. Mi ni ng Project ' Started in 1919 Big De ! velopments Expected. . One of the most pretentious de velopment projects in Jackson county, tho past year involving several hundred thousand dollars, was the formation of the Medford Water, Power, and Irrigation com pany, having for Its purpose the impounding of the waters of the Squaw Lako region, and dltchiim same to the Sterling mine, for . the hydraulic mining of the higher levels of , that properly. Tho Ster ling mine, .once ono of tho richest gold producers In southern Ore gon, is believed to have great wealth still hidden, in Its un work ed ground, nnd adjacent property which Include the ltishop ranch, and Poor Man's Gulch. A company headed by Harry llullon, Kugene and Medford ho tel operator, and Fred J. Blake Icy, mining engineer of promi nence throughout the west, and others,, was formed Inst summer, i After the purchnse of land ad-! joining the Squaw lakes, a survey! of the ditch line was run last, sum-1 met from Squaw lake to tho Slcr-j ling mine. Water rights were se- j cured, and plans laid for early , activity, which ure temporarily held In abeyance. As a feeder, to the mine de velopment ditch, U was proposed. and favorably received, that the! company, cxtefid Its ditch from the! Sterling mine to the Griffin Creek j district, furnishing Irrigation wat ers for hundreds of acres of farm and urchtird Innd. No survey has been made for this portion of the proposed project, but It could be consummated with ease, by fol lowing the creek -beds, and contour of the hills, engineer say. Within the past fortnight, winter operstlons have been launched f llu- Sterling, with a force of eighteen men. It is expected that spring will ee active work on tho Squaw l.nke.Sterling project, as all the chief details have been completed. A new blue-seeded field pea call ed the Ids bell, developed by th Idaho experiment station, has out yielded Its parent nearly 2 per cent over a 10-yesr period. Th. new variety was distributed to far mora for trial for the first time this year. Next year It win h? V:iilnhi- in large quantities. TRTBtTNK, MEDFORD, Valley Medford. This Is the finished the valley. - v BLUE LEDGE fS AFTER DECADE ' . .. Huge Guggenheim Property After -. tying Idle Since War. Again Is Shipping Out Copper by Carload Mining Activities Stimula ted. Early in 13-9, steps were taken j , Ui J. l- Itcddy of this city. for tho re-opening and further de .velopment . of the Blue Ledge mine, in southwestern Jackson county. The first step was the se curing of a lease for development 'from the tiuggenhciius, und with this accomplished, the Consolida ted Copper company was formed. . The summer was devoted to ar ranging details of organization by Dr. Jteddy and associates, and, in the fall, after lying idle for nearly 20 years, operntlons were again started at the Ulue Ledge prop erty. . In October, 1929. a carload of copper ore from the. dump was shipped to the smelter at Tacomu Wash., and four other cars fol lowed. In November a force of men were put to work in the mine proper, und , now ore Is being mined from the tunnels. '" The Consolidated copper com pany, according ,to George H. Hughes, one of Its. guiding spirits, is now financed, and plans for flirt her' development the coming year have been assured. These In clude the construction of a 200 ton concentration plant, the erec tion of un aerial tramway for the transportation of the ore from the mine, to the dump, and extension of the present tunnels. Fifteen to twenty men are now employed at the mine. (encrnto Electric Power The Consolidated Power com pany has been formed for the construction of a power plant, to be located on Seattle Bar. The plant will furnish electric power for the mine. Application for wat er rights have been filed on the waters of Klliot creek and the Bog Applegate river, nnd, It Is plan ned to start construction of the plant, early this yesr. , The revival of the Blue I-edge resulted In renewed Interest In mining. In that section. The Sul livan and Buck group of copper claims were recently Incorporated and Seattle capitalists secured con trol of the copper claims In the Preston Peak district. The Blue Ledge group Is re garded by mining men. as prop erty of proven worth, with suffi cient ore blocked out In the tun nels, for three or more years op eration. The district has many other properties of likely value. 19:10 Looks Brlrbt . purlng the year. hn Blue, Ledge district was visited by many min ing engineers of note, who Inspect ed the, chUms, and Its past vru ductlons. and departed, without n statement of their views or plans. Those how Interested In Its re ImbllUatlonrt. are highly hopeful 1930 will see the Blue Led we again u full-fledged producer.. k YThrtr activities have cheered Ioa min ing men, who view the future 'Op timistically, In view of tho present substantial price for. copper.' Thoy feel that the coming year will see the greatest, development to date of the mineral wealth of southern Oregon, which has long luln dor mant, only- awaiting the magic touch of capital. - WAHM CANADIAN 1S1.AM HOLDS fr'KHKl'AHY TOVHNKY VICTORIA. B. C. () KhotiRh on a latitude running north of '.he United States, victoria will hold a golf tournament February 1? to 23. U Is the Island city's second annual Kmpress Hotel mtd-winler tournament. The warm waters of the Japa nese current hold the temperature around and 60. making winter play possible. W. F,. Patterson firemlfn. .for the Texas and Pacific"' railway, practices l:w In Fort WortWMter IN OPERATION ORFiPX, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1929. Chamber of Commerce1 Completes Most Successful Year In City's History Community Chest Inaugurated and Put Over in Record Time Retail Trade Division Formed and Greatest Christmas Opening Ever. Seen in Southern,. Oregon Is Staged Constructive Achievements in Good Roads, Community Advertising and Farm, and Orchard Aid. Unite the leadership Carl A. Swifim us president,-and a buard ; undur the dlrectiun of this com of, directors fcresenting practical-1 etting forth . the necessary iv nit nf ,u i ... i facts in regard to - the proposed 1 tcrests in tho community, the Medford v Chamber of Commerce embarked on Its current fiscal year on April 1, 1929. The prog ram of work as adopted by the board of directors was a compre hensive one, designed to accomp lish the more pressing necessities of. the community within tho cur rent year, und continuing the threc-ycur , program outlined iu 192 7. Of these projects intended for accomplishment during the current fiscal year, the first to reach con summation was the creation of funds for tho establishment und equipment of Mod ford's new air port. This was a major project for last year, but the election forniorc tnan Justified , its existenco lho bond issuo was not held until (during, its first year. This corn April 2, and the result is now his-j mitte has interested itself -In all tory. Suffice it. to say that the i.mnttors of a civic'- nature,, and .has untiring efforts of the Airport iIOon the means of bringing the committee, under the direction off Chamber, of Commerce -into -closer Seely V. Hull, and tho special j contact, with the administrative publicity committee for the- air-bodies of the 'city and the county port election, headed by Sumpterj than ever before. .One of the ma Smith, resulted In the overwhelm- j jop efforts sponsored by this com ing majority of the electorate of,.ittec was the first annual Jack the city, voting favorably on the wn County picnic, which was held bond issue. Since that time, the:at the Elks nicnic -rounds on La- airport committee of the city council haH been in full charge of the construction work, and the appearance of the, port today tes tifies to the efficiency of their work. Community Chest, Another project slated for pletion during 1929 was tho ; first Community-Chest' to:be attempt ed in Medford, and with if. -N. CAKIj a. kwigakt President Medford Chamber of Coirtmerce Ilog:in ns head of the chest com mittee, nnd Hamilton ration, a manager of the chest .campaign, this effort was succesHfully com pleted within tho four-day time allotted by the chest committee. Ah an outstanding example of the result of cooperation between the varimm clubs and societies of the community, the success, of the community chest campaign is most encoui-aKinfr, nnd too much credit cannot he Riven to those, -who so successfully carried out the mass of work Involved In handling this first cnmpalgn. Tho budget of $20,000.00. which was deemed necessary to tako care -of tho de mands of tho various beneficiaries of the chest wns oversubscribe!, and .Medford has the distinct hon or of being one of the few citites in Oregon to accomplish the de signated goal of community chest funds. Uelnll Trade Division The formation of a Hetnil Trade division of the Chamber of Com merce Was one of the most Im portant projects decided upon by the hoard of directors for ac complishment during the year. and it is gratifying to report that the division has been created, and is now functioning as a part of the chamber. The Medford .Mer chants' association was absorbed by the chamber, but still retains itrt own directorate., and Its com mittees function on their own par ticular work. .The first function of the newly ctvated Ketnil Trade division was the Christinas opening celebration, stugrd on the evening of Decem ber 4th. and which was. accord ing to upinlons or various business men of the city the most aueccss f ill affair of Its kind ever staged In Medford, There wore thous ands of people on the streets turn out the evening, and the exceptionally-fine -window nnd store displays Wer enthusiastically re ceived by the crowds. The work of this committee also covered the decorating of the streets of the city with Christmas decora tions. ltiwtcl" ami Highways. One of the most ucttvo commit tees of the Chamber of Commerce during the iiast year has been the Itoads nnd Highways committee, with .1. v. Wakefield as chairman and Itert Anderson as Its secre tary. This committee has devoted! a major portion of Us time and j effort to. the preparation of data! regarding the "vonst ruction of the Williams' Week ; hfgli way to the Oregon Cnves. A brief consisting of ono hundred pages of tvpo- ' writlun material .- .wus prepared i road, with arguments und dorsemrnts for its construction. In this road program the committee was materially , assisted thru the cooperation of tho Jackson Coun ty. court, the county engineer, and various other sources. The brief prepared by the committee, has been presented to officials . of the State highway department, forest service, and bureau - of public roads, and the committee believes it will receive favorable considera tion when the proper time comes for action by. the varlpus govern mental bodies. -Civic Activities. Under, the leadership of former mayor. . O. O.. Alenderfer. , a . newly created civic affairs committee. has bor day. and which was attended by upwards of 2500 .residents of Medford and Jackson county. Funds, for the picnic werc sub crlbed by .business. ...men of jtfed furd; and ,a .band concert, free refreshments, and sports-were fca- com-Jtures of the day's program. This -.committee was also most active in the .formation of a com mittee .to take care,, of -the-; dedi cation of Mcdford's new airport next .July.., and., that Activity -has now -boeji turned, over to the. com mittee In charge headed by Mayor A.- W. Pipes. . Central Civic Council. 4. Enlisting tho : cooperation. of Uic. service clubs of the. community, tho American lcgion.. Chamber of Commerce, city government,, and the city planning commission to work on ar unified program of civ-', ic betterment. tho.Centrnl. Civic council rwaiv organised with K...X. Dazey as its president. The com mittee has JLccn holding regular meetings, nnd a more detailed ac count of Its activities will , be found elsewhere in this ..edition. , . . Publicity. . The., publicity program of the Chamber of Commerce.. which was. a major, plank in. this year's prog-' rani of .work., has been .handicap ped .somewhat- by luck -of - suffi cient funds wit,h which to carry on the desired. amount. of publicity for Medford and the Ituguo River valley. Thru this department thousands of Inquiries havo been anawored by the office., staff , of the chamber., nnd literature and Information on Medford and vici nity has been sent to nil inquiries. A large ; amount of literature has been furnished tho . Is Angeles office of the Oregon State Cham ber of commerce, .where It his been distributed to . great advan tage to Medford and the Rogue Itlvor valley. Twelve . thousand booklets are now being distribut ed In the middle western states thru the agencies of the various northwestern railroads, .and some; of the larger tourist .agencies In St. Paul, Minneapolis. Omaha, and other )arce middle western cities. The . bill-board campaign .inau gurated three years ugo.has been carried out, and a-ontinuntion of the radio program over Radio stntlpnKOH, .at Council .Bluffs. Iowa, has also .bocn a part of the program. ' It Is the hope and .de sire of the Chamber, of Commerce lo enlarge the. publicity and land settlement programs during the coming year to an extent hitherto impossible on account of lack of necessary funds. The chamber has cuntinucd to cooperate with the Fruit Growers leugue and the Traffic association in attempting solutions of many traffic problems, rales, etc., aris ing in the fruit industry, and it Is expected that this will be con tinued during the coming year. Inrkion . County Agricultural . Council. This council has been organised mainly thru the activities of tho Chamber of Commerce Agricul tural committee headed by P. A. Scherur and a definite program will be announced by this council within the near future. Numerous other activities have been engaged In by the Chamber of Commerce designed to play their part In tho building up of Medford and its surrounding ter ritory. The space forbids further elaboration. Suffice It to say that this organisation I, deeply and vitally Interested In any prog rams which have for their pur pose, development of Medford and surrounding territory, and its whole time and effort are devoid toward these ends, and with tho cooperation of the people of Med ford. there Is practically no limit to which the work of tho Cham ber of Commerce can extend. A complete list of the hoard of directors and various committees of the chamber follows: VkiJ tfwjitftrt. president: president O. o. K. O. Alenderfer. vtc president; Wahl. treasurer: directors, Alenderfer. W, 8. nolRer. Pari-ell. J. C, r1 II. H. O. Fmnk uel, R. II. Hammond, C. C. Ixinmon. A. W. Pipes, l'uul Scherer, C. A. Kwigart, . J. C. Thompson. J. C. Munn, J. W. Wakefield, John -Anderson. Member Oregon State Chamber uf Commerce: Chamber of Commerce of the U. S. A. Membership nnd Finance: .1. C. Thompson, chairman: Clydo Eak--in. Cole Holmes. A. 13. Orr, Lcland lirophy. Forum: W. S. Bolger,. chairman; D. O. Tyrce, W. W. Allen, C. A. Mucker, c. N. Culy. Publicity: Leo TuUlo, chairman; ft-H. Smith. W. A. Gates. H. i.. Uromlcy. Bull Caddis. Civic Affairs: O. O. Alenderfer, i-hairnmn; A. C. Hubbard, J. O. Orey. H. V. Scheftol. Larry Schade. Aviation: Socly V. Hall, clialf mun; Ijtrry Munn, Floyd- Hart. W. 11. Fluhrcr. F. C UIIlard. Uuildlng (Sub-Civic): H.S. Ocu el, chairman: K. L. Kcott, Fred Scheffel, C. E. Clay; W. .J. Warn er, Uert Lagcson, J. Collins. Industrial: W. iH. ' Levcrette, .chairman: V. If. Vdwier, K. 1. -Uauy. H. T. Hubbard. J. C. Carle. Roads and Highways: J. . W. Wakefield, chairman; Bert - An derson,., secretary; O. Arnsplser, It., V... Williams, A. U Hill. .Agriculture: P. A. 8 c h e r c r, chairman; R. C Fowler, -vice chairman: Raymond Mlkschc. W. .1. Warner. B. E. Harder, - George Hilton, John Anderson. . Community Chest: M. N- Hogan, chairman; J. C. Mann, Hamilton Patton, C. M. Kldd. C. J. Semon, R.. B. Hammond, Goo. Hunt, John Orth, H. W. Hamlin, Bert Thlcr olf. C. ;A. W'lng, Dr. J..C. Hayes. Retail Trado: ,C. A. -Meeker, president; J. C.-uMann, Elmer Wil son. -R.. B. Strang. . . Panlml f'lvtn f.lll ncll- Tv. I.. Dft- zey, chairman; Marc Jnrmln. vice chairman; O. O. -Aiemterrer, t.. A CwiMrt -I. n -Insknen. -B.-E. Harder. H. S. Deuel. Cole Holmes, Larry Schade, w. W. Allen, J. c. fUn f-,,o Vnivlinri'i' A tV. Pipes. C A. Wing. A. C. Hubbard, alternate: Emil Brophy. alternate: J. F. Flelgel, alternate; II. T. Hubbard. t lTtS I AVr (ili Thn Van. 7ni- l&nd ministry for Industry and commerce announces tnat exports f Canarln Incrniiunrl fl'ntn- t 0(l(l - 000 in 1924 to 112,000.01)0 in 1923. Tne island dominion win soon senu .. ATHENS (P) The Creek bud get for 1930 shows a balance of $113,815, despite diminished tax ation" and Increased " expense" -fur national hygiene. - The naval- and military , estimates ' .iotal-4-2.2S.-12. ... t" Let 1930 Be ; Bigger - Better - Brighter P:AJ4olmes INSURANCE agengy Your Calendars Are Here PHONE GROW 1 SB STEADY 170: New .Connections in 1929 Puts Total at 3340 .-Population : of : 13,400 vlndicated--School Census '.and Light -Statistic. Sm port Estimate Popul; tion 1920 Was 5760. If estimates- of population thru tho number uf telephone connec tions Is fairly -accurate, Medford at the end of 1929 had a popula tion of 13.400 people, figurini; feur users to each of the 33-iu telephones in . use. - The number -of connections revealed an In crease of 170 ;over the preceding year. To -tako :-care of inoreasinK telophono 'business, the : Home Telephone company. of Medford is now in tho midst of construction, building two -ijiew underground cables and. several ucriul cables in various parts of the city. The imnrovpiiient work.- when completed ..within - .the ? next month, wlll bring approximately - 300 ad ditional lines into the central of fice .on' Sixth Street, where '11 switch girls are employed to tnko euro of a huge volume of cdfy daily. Ono 1200-pair cable is be ing installed from the office to IUversidc avenue nnd a 600-pair cable Is leing installed from Riv erside to Crater Lake avenue. The company is planning sever al improvements the ensuing year and in due course of time is plan ning the Installation of the dial system such as Is in use in the larger metropolitan centers, elim inating the services of the switch board girls. . The school census and electric light connections show tho same increao in 1929, and point to the same "a-pprWdmato total popula tion, , The- U..s.: census of 1920 save - M ad t ord n population of 5700. GROWTH OF CITY