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o u Medfoed Mail u '1 UNE Second Section Six Pages Second Section Six Paget Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORD, OliKdON, Sl'NDAY, .ll'l.Y 120. 1 !);!(). Xo. 119. E OLD IRONSIDES READY FOR SEA DUTY AGAIN Minister To Egypt E LARGE PORTIONlFIRST UNIT OF PLAN BQR PROFESSIONAL IF t II i Ea pf '-Hi kTf -raa phi ' H sisk UMPQUA ROUT PETITIONERS! PUT ON GRILL Bulletin Issued Telling of Alleged Abuses and Mis uses of Oregon System Notions Costly, and Gen erally Defeated. OREGON LANDSITRAIL HIGHWAY OFF TOLLS Federal and School Lands Total 96,669 Square READYJN FALL 'Old Oregon Trail' Construc tion Work Speeds Apace, and Route Widened and AS SHORT CUT Highway Commission Ex pects Work May Start Next Year to . Shorten Distance to Coos Bay, and Eliminate Heavy Climb. SALEM, Ore., July 19. (Fu rious for construction of a 1300 foot tunnel under Hancock moun tain, east of Klkton, Duncan coun ty on the Umpqua hiRhway, have been revealed by the state high way department. Cost of the pro ject is estimated at $1.10,00". Al 1 hough construction of the tunnel is not to begin this year, and pos sibly will not he undertaken next year, Kuy A. Klein, state high way engineer, Bays it Is on the program for "future development" and will he started just as soon os po.wible. HI nee the UnipMua highway ex tending from Drain to Keedsport Is not n slate road the state does not participate In the cost of fu ture construction, or improve ments now in progress, but the stale department furnishes the engineering as It is required by law to do. Cooperating, in the cost nre the government, the I'mp qua highway improvement district and Douglas county. At present the highway crosses Hancock mountain, 400 feet high. The tunnel will eliminate the I00 feet rise and fall and will save motorists a mile and a half. It will be at the site of a tunnel proposed by the Southern Pacific company when that railroad began conMruction of a line to Coos Ituy a long Klk creek and Umpu.ua riv er in l:0T. At that time the pro posed tunnel was opened into the mountuin about 100 feet at the east portal. The highway department an nounced the grading contract for the ten-mile unit of the Umpu.ua highway immediately west of Drain 1 about 00 per cent com plete and It should be entirely finished by Sept 30, this year. This work will cost JlfiO.OuO, and is being done by Peck & Einer son of Hotruiam." Wash. The sur facing of this unit, a crushed rock Job. is tinder contract to A. S. Wallace of Itoseburg at a contract bid of $IO.r,OoO. The contractor has set up his plant and will be gin spreading rock about July Kurlacing will nut ho completed until July ::o. urn. Kuyl of Scottsburg on the same highway a contract was let last March 21 to Harmon & Tittle of Eugene for the grading of a 4.4-inll.- s;ret( h at a contract cost of $15,000, This will be completed by Oct. 31, 11130. On this unit a separate cuiitrncl was awarded to C. A. Catching of Itoseburg for constructing of a number of small bridges and culverts at a total cost of $22,10 1. These will be (ompletcd by August 31, this year. A lii-nille nection between Heeds port and Scottsburg kns graded and Hill-fared a few years ago as a fin-st highway project and a bridge across the Umptia to re place the old ferry was completed last year at a cost of $'18,000. The I'mpqua htehway is 65 miles long, connecting the Pacific high way and' the Roosevelt coast high way. When completed it will give practically a water grade be tween the i'aclfic highway and the coast, since it will not he nec essary to- cross the Const Hang1' mountains at any point. The rnipqun highway la Inter esting both historically and scen Ically. Tidewnter on Umpqna riv er extends ns far as Scottsburg which has the distinction of hav ing been the third postoffice es tablished In . Oregon. In early day Fmnll boats came up the river an far as Scottsburg where supplies for mining camps and settlements of southern Oregon were transferred from boats to park horses. It was nt the mouth of the Cmpnufi that the Jededlah Smith party wah massacred by Indians. A. W. Petmeekv, Justice of the pence in Oillespie county. Tex., for 40 vrirt, eeks reelection. L. C. SCSAFER Basement Medford Bids The only Exclusive 'getrle Motor Repair Shop In Southern Oregon. PHONEO-J-2 Electric Motor Repairing Rewound motor f$ sale or rent laxctatc1 l're fhvte William M. Jardlne, former sec retaryof agriculture, waa appointed as minister to Egypt. T W A SI II NO TON, July 1 !) .The United States government is going tn have HlG.346.ROO or more pounds of mail carried an average ocean voyage of 34f0 miles in the next ten yearn at a cost of less than three-ten thousands of a cent per ounct per mile. It is one of Uncle Sam's biggest bargains and at the same time is a guarantee of the hnllding of a merchant marine that will again make the American flag ascendant on the north Atlantic ocean. The arrangement was effected by; three contracts with the United States bines, the premier American j pnssenger, cargo and mall line ofj the north Atlantic. One of the t contracts is for five years, with an! option to renew for a second five years. The other two contracts are f o r ten y er. r. ea c h . All co n -tracts have been signed. One is al ready In operation The other two are -held up 'perdinc 'tb comple tion of present mall carriage agree ments. Figures dance in a mystical way when one contemplates them in gross. Kor iusttince the total feo for the mail carriage will be in ex cess of $30,nn.000. The total mile age If each outward voyage of each phip were addtd to the preceding would be 4,240,0(10. If the return voyage were counted the amount would he doubled. The rates nre on the mileage brisln and vary from $4 to $ 1 2 a mile, depending on the speed of the jdilps. In order to fulfill the contracts it will he necessary for the United States Lines to build six new shlpp. Two of these ships have already been approved by the United Stales Shipping Hoard at Washington. Contracts have been let and work is in process. Ship are 70r foot ers of 30.000 gross tons. They are sisters and are the largest ships yet built in the United States. They wilt he followcdhyt wo super liners of a Hpeed of 2S',6 knots, designed to be the fastest and the most luxurious on the ocean. The two super liners will be followed by two more 7 0.1-foot era. The maltsa re to be carried to Plymouth, Southampton and Lon don in Urcat Britain. Cherhough in France imd Hamburg in Germany. In making the deals for the mail carriage the Government Is a close bargainer and gets Its every cent's worth of service. The American ships in mail carriage ore given a prepfrenee of 24 hours as Amer ican ships and where they carry a aea posta'l service they are given a supplementary 24 hours. The sea postal service means the taking of mail clerks to work the mail into Kuropcin delivery districts while COUNT THE MAIL TRIBUNE YELLOW BOXES ON COUNTRY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS o It's A Good Way To Check Country Circulation PORTLAND, Ore., July. (&) A (ireuter Oregon Association bul-' letin. calling attention the alleged j abuses of initiative and referen-j dum measures, stated since 1 !t0!t, ! when the corrupt practices act 1 took effect. $!M 2.!Miii has been spent for an against measures. J Mow petition peddling has been conducted in Portland is familiar the bulletin says, and In regard to it: How petition peddling as been reeled against the activities of ' professional petition circulators ! which have developed to a point ! where they are becoming burden-! some and annoying. They station themselves on prominent corners in cities, importuning shoppers on i the public market, stopping work ers going to and from offices and industrial plants with urgent re quests to sign various petitions. "Usually the information given by the circular is extremely mea ger and often correctness Is ques tioned. If not constituting actual misrepresentation. Signers hur riedly affix their signatures to pe titions frequently on the state ment of the circulator the signa ture la not a vote for the bill but Is merely tn get the question on the ballot," the bulletin said. Tabulation of 14 general and seven special elections from 1902 until 1!28, aside from city, coun ty nnd special direct legislation, show that an average of C2 per cent of the registered voters have expressed t h e m w e 1 v e s on 2(18 amendments and laws either by initiative, by referendum or by reference by the legislature. Prior to 100!) there was no cor rupt practices act. Since then the) amount expended, ns reported to i the secretary of state, amounts to 012. !iti. Of this sum, 9412.123 was expended for and against 36 of the 80 amendments nnd measures that passed nnd $.100,843 was spent for and against 83 of the 1 4 r amendments and measures which failed to pass. Liquor pro hibition nnd local option In four amendments nnd measures wns the chief Item of expenditure, S172.S44. The income tax wi.s Meeond with seven hills, normal schools and education third with eight bills and single tax fourth with seven bills. nAI.HAUT. Tomb, .Tuly 19. VP) Sheriff fipnrKn W. Alexander of Pallas eounty and Lon fJillinKPr were killed In n Run battle near here today. Ode (lllllnKer was prolmlily fatalfy wounded. The shooting look plate at the flillinKpr home five miles south of here, where Sheriff' Alexander nnd two of his deputies. II. K. Poust nnd Karl TJamron. went to serve felony warrants on the S 11 -linper brothers. en route so that on arrival the aeks are In readiness to bo sent at once to their destinations In stead of being worked up after their arrival. ' The famous frigate Constitution after three years of reconstruction Is ready for sea duty again. Gov. Frank G. Allen of Massachusetts is snown placing a sliver uonar unoer m ncn of the mam mast before It was stepped Into place. At right Is Rear Aclm. L. M. Nulton, commanding officer at the Charleston navy yard, Boston, where the ship Is being reconstructed. DAPPER KING OF TALY RULES ON AS OTHERS PASS IKy AXDlirU 1H0K11N; It O M K. July 19. P) Italy's dapper Kin's Victor Kmanuel III will celebrate the thirtieth year of his reign July 2H. Thinly years ago. on that day King Humher fell before an nssas sin'rf bullet and Victor Kmanuel stepped Into his father's kingship. His formal ascension took place A UKUst 0 and 1 1. King Victor Kmanuel is one of the longest ruling monarch In Ktt rope. Only the .Scandinavian kings approach him. He has ten years' seniority over Oeorge V of England. While royal houses of derma ny, Itutisin, Aus tria, Clreece and Portugal wero swept aside and tho former rulers of Spain. Rumania and Bulgaria died, he has gono on. j Irfivetl By Nnhjccls j Today, at 61. he Is in prime health an indefatigable horseman nnd an extensive yachtsman. I He has survived many diffieul-! ties and his figure ,n enshrined in the hearts of 43,ono,OiHl subjecls. After the war thero were two! chaotic, communistic years when j the House of Savoy seemed about to fall. Then came Mussolini. In eight years of Fascism, Victor! Emanuel has admittedly occupied .second place, olincured by the dy namic Duce. . j Hut it is said that the king ac ceded to Mussolini's demands through a desire to preserve his people from further Anarchy. Kiiricil Kstrnngenient T,ast year, the king ended tho !0 year estrangement between his house and the Vatican. The next month he saw hl,s son, frown I'rlnco Humbert, married to Princess Marie Jose of Helglum. Victor Emanu! is essentially ft . soldier. He is practically never seen except in uniform. A very littel, man physically, he appears to best advantage on horse back. Ills Montenegrin wife, taller than ho by well more than a foot, tow er) over him. He does not like to stand alongside tall people nnd re fnwd to permit A photograph to be The Fruit Of Your Dollars You nre losing Dollars nil the thru; your inoiicy is idle you are producing dollars when your Tumls and fiiriiinnH arc here, nt ('niiiiiHii$ iiilci9s(. O 'Partners in Community Development" published because '.t showed him beside a talL farmer. He was never happier than dur ing the wedding ceremonies of his Bon Humbert, for his partner was nlwny.s ijueen Elizabeth of Hei ght m, who Is just hi height. Dislikes Pnhlictly He is quiet, shy. ICe dislikes publicity, avoids appearing n crowds except on military occa sions such as for reviews. His table i.s td tuple, ho enter tains very little, receives vinitors very seldom, and does not relish social life. He spends much nt his lime with his superb collect ion of old Italian coins, and Is n reeognlwd expert numismatlMt. When news movies of the King nre shown, audience snicker and giggle at sight of his little legs pat tering along. I Hit they love him newrltheless, for- :heyi cheer fu UPSTATE ELECTRIC RATES SLASHED SA HEM. re., J uly 1 . (Pi Over an area, extending from the north city limits of I 'nrtlund to and including Salem n reduction in residential a n d commercial lighting r a I e m of the Paciric Nnrthwest Public Service com pany Is made in nn order of the public service commission Friday. All territory In the Portland area Is affected except that in Mult nomah county West of rhe WII lemette river nnd north of Port land's north city limits. Vancouver, Wash., Is In the Portkfnd nrea, but the Oregon commission Is without Jurisdiction outside of Oregon. The aggregate reduction will be about j:t:M0.)inn a year. The or der becomes effective August Hi. Twenly-nine cities, the census shows, gained more than 1 0(1 per cent In the past ten years. The difficulty will be to find sufficient annexable territory to keep it tip until lit 10. Pittsburgh Post -;. -elte. Brevity Is the Soul of Wit It Ih too waim In read lengthy ads. If you have any tonlli trouble come lo my nice cool offices and receive the 1,Ot dental Q re that money can htiy. Dr. I. H. Gove Dependable o Dentistry 235 Eait Main, Upaulra Phone 872-J DR. I. H. COVEq Bi COOPERATION Portland's new milk ordinance has revolutionary effect In im provement of dairy barns and equipment near the cfly, according to a report .lust made by J. H. Jennings, chief city milk Inspector. He Kiiid: "More than KM) barns and milk hmi.seH have been remodeled or re placed with new oneH since the adoption of the standard milk or dinance by Portland In February. I The ordinance put the dnlry Indus try on the grading basiH or merit sytdeni. -' :'- -'' "While tho dalrvmen have been I put to considerable expense many have been repaid through the In creased price paid for graded milk. "The dairymen who havo com plied with the provisions of (he or dinance now receive approximately $: (1,000 a mout h more than m equal number of dairymen who have not complied. "XI ne hundred and twenly-nine dairymen have complied with tho ordinance. "They have been under no com pulsion no do so, hut have found It dcHirable because under Ihe pres ent plan quality pays from the cash viewpoint. "The public Is the enforcing agency In demanding 'drado A' milk. The dairyman has the con sumer lo Hntlsfy. The people of Portland demand clean milk. If the dairyman doe not deliver 'A' milk he puts himself nut of busi ness for lack of a market. Inci dentally this saves enforcement ex pense through the courts. "The dairy Industry has co-operated with t he city In a splendid manner, the dairymen having been given credit for what they have done tn protect the milk supply. I'nder the terms of the ordinance which grades milk from 'A' to '13' the good dairyman does not have to compete wit h the one who is lftX." Of course you don't know it, but you may be sitting on a volcano 1 Title defects come to light most unexpectedly and when they do there's trouble a-plenty for the - property owner if his title not insured. If it is insured the company handles any litigation and makes good any loss which may result. o Jackson County Abstract Co. 121 E, Sixth St. Phone 41 Miles, Tax Commission Report Shows No Bene fit to Public. SALEM, July l'.. V) About 47 per cent of Oregon's total area of tui.Cil!) square miles is untaxed land owned by the federal government or the state, the slate commission revealed. Of this untaxed area about 14, 403, -II I acres are federal timber lumls and Ctil.MM acres are owned school lands. The only financial benefit accru ing to the public from the federal owned lands Is l!ii per cent of tho government's revenueB from rentals and grazing feea paid by stockmen to whom some of the lands are lea.sed. This cut is allowed the state, and In turn the state appor tions the entire 25 per cent to the counties in proportion lo tho area of government land In tho respec tive counties. Iist year the 25 per cent amounted to $265,000. j The public does not benefit fr"om I the state owned lauds until such time as they nre. sold, when tho proceeds go into the Irreducible school fund which now aggregates around $7,000,000. The interest from the invested school fund Is apportioned to tho counties accor ding to their populations of per sons of from four to 20 years of ago which is considered school age. Originally the school lands, com prising the 10th and 36th sections of each township, ceiled to tho Htate by tho government for school pur poses, aggregated 2.677,822 ncres. Hales since- the state entered state hood In isr!l have totaled 2,016,228 acres. Other untaxed lands are those of public parks, colleges, churches and hospitals. FOR YEAR HEAVY PORTLAND. July lit. (VP) The chamber of commerce estimated Oregon's Income from tourists traffic last year at $25,000,000. It the volume of travel Is no greater than last year, the Hum left by (he tourist travel means a substan tial block of new wealth, they said. It Is pouring In, with tho summer just well started. Last week .150- Inquiries came into tho chamber of commerce louriHt department for Information concerning Portland and Oregon. Tho branch bureau maintained by the chamber for issuing per mttH for earn from out of state issued ,14 permits In a week. A total of 147 permits have been Is sued by the chamber since Janu ary 1. When Habe Iluth. the Yankee's $H0.00u a year man. Is Injured In a flame, players of both teama run frantically to hi aid. From Clark Griffith, president, on down, nil "bosse" of the Wash ington Senators nre former pitch ers. If You 8 on your Investigate Our and keep your Medlbrd Investment Co. Phone 1224 o 125 E. Sixth St. o OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS H. 8. DEUEL, Prealdent FRED U. HEATH, Sr., Vics Prei. HAMILTON PATTON, 8ec'y-M()r. Straightened. SALEM. July lD.rV-With the completion of Improvements now in prosress on tnfc old Oregon trail between Kariu-iu at the summit of the Blue mountains, and La Orande, that stretch of highway will become one of the favorite pleasure drives in the west, both from the point of view of scenery lojnd comfortable travel, Koy A. Klein, stale highway engineer, said. The curliest of the projects to be completed on this high mountain road will be the 14.(i-mlU widen ing and regradlng job between Ka mela nnd Hllgard. Kamela la In Umatilla county, but near the county line, llilgard Ih In Union county so most of the improve ment Is In the latter county. IS. L. Oates, contractor, began work Hep t ember 1, li)l, and the project will be finlshe dby August 31, this year. It wa 75 per cent complete on July 1. The width of the highway 1a be ing extended from 20 to 33 feet and, numerous sharp curve straighten- ed out, so the drive will be one of the fastest moutain roads In the country. Unusual difficulties have been enocunterod by the contrac tor, Klein said, for the reason the railroad and telephone and tele graph lines parrallel the' highway mni of the distonoe. making "shooting" a delicate business, yet not a train has been delayed by blasts. At present the contractor Is working 40 men, one sbvel and two tractors on the job. The cost of the project to the state will be $172,000. . . ; Am thlH work nears completion it Is being followed over the same stretch by another contractor's crew resurfacing the highway with macadam, 20 foet wide. This con truot wafl left to Homer O. John son, February 27, last, and will be completed December 31, 1930 nt a cost of $108,000. The Job required 73,000 cublo feet of crushed rock. This in being laid at an 'average of 400 yards dally and 4000 yards bad been placed July 1. The road will be oiled netx year. ' Between Hllgard and La Grand. 6.6 miles of resurfacing and main tenance material work In In prog ress to be completed August 15. The. resurfacing ha been com pleted and the crew Is crushing rock for maintenance. The road 'a being wldoned by a maintenance crew. Later It will be oiled. Clyde H. HoltiG Is the contractor, end the contract price Is $20,600. Septem ber 30 Is the date for completion of a reinforced concrete bridge over the Orande Ronde river near Per ry that will cost $26,710. It will replace an old narrow bridge on a bad curve. O. N, Pierce Is the con tractor. Between Meaeham and Emigrant Hill In Umatilla' county the mate Rome time ago acquired 600 feet of timbered ground on each Bide of the old Oregon trail over a distance of about 15 miles. The highway de partment han cleared unsightly brush from among the trees and the scenic effect Is said by Klein to no highly pleasing. The long distance view from the top of Emigrant HHt during the summer season. Klein said. In one- of the most beautiful -In the state. Want money Preferred Stock fundi at home J. H. COOLEY B. R. ELLIOTT ' W. H. LYOIARD W. W9 ALLEN. .