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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOKD, OUEOOV. WEDNESDAY, .TANTARY 7. Will PAGE FIVE Pipes Reviews Progress Of Medford In Farewell Address as City Mayor That the city of Medford has gone forward in much constructive pros rrt und made many important im provements the past two years un der IiIh ndmjnburnilun, is relntcd in detail by A. Pipes, in hi retiring address mayor at the city council Inst night. He told that in addition to Inauguration of other Improvements the grand to tal of the city's improvement pro gram ot the past two years footed approximately $41iUuu. exclusive of the general budget expense of jf ' 1 A. V. Pipes. approximately $rO.0l0. expended in the upkeep of the streets and road department, lie declared that the udministnition't work during thin period wan Kreatly facilitated lty the support of the people as a whole. His address follows: "CIcntlemen of the Council: Two yeais ago when the admfnistra t 'on which now comes to a close assumed the responsibilities of our city government, we did so with o definite promise to the people of Medford that we would apply n business policy In city affairs. It Is therefore proper at this time that we give an accounting of our fltoward-ship, with n brief resume of what thl council has-done. "Of the eight members of the iMuncllmanic body with which we started two years ano, only four of you remain on members of the present roup; two vacancies oc curred by removal from the city, onu, by resignation and one by death, thus making a f0 per cent turnover in the council during the two years. "We have been fortunate in fill ing; these vacancies with men who have hnd a single purpose in mind in the discharge or their official duties -that of .service to the com munity. This thought and pur pose has been dominant In the niiuil of every member of this :i-oup, which has made It possible lo tackle and to solve the prob lem and meet the responsibilities a.tley have arlnen, with no regard for'- political effects or factknal favors. Orricials Fallhrnl. ' Vith this meeting we are bring ing to u close the twenty-second biennial period of the municipal government of our city. We have held every regular meeting during the entire period of the adminis tration,, and in addition thereto, we- ' have conducted twenty-five P''cinl meetings, which I? equal to oun full year from the standpoint of reuular scheduled meetings, and we have never failed to have a quorum present for the transac tion of business. "Twenty-one mayors have served mir; city as Its chief executive prior lo the administration now closing, and approximately one hundred and seventy men have served in the ciipaelty of eouncilmen, and have e -iitributed their bit in the for ward ma,rch of Medford's progress. "We have grown from a hamlet ?f a few hundrcdsouN at the be ginning of our corporate existence lo one of the most Important com mercial centers of our state in mill, with a population of fifteen thousand people. Knrly (Jroutti slow. "(irowth ,ln the early years of our city's history was flow but con sistent, and always of a sulwtantlal character, which gave Inspiration to the inhabitants of thirty years mm to took to the future with hope nnd confidence. "In the ycurs of 1906 and l!07 the- growth of our city began to gather Impetus and this. continued with increasing momentum up to the. year I!10 when It developed inio.a building boom which col lapsed in lit 1 2. and five years were req u I red for recovery a ml re a d -.bisiincnt. Medford learned her lesson und since lilt 7 her consist ent and steady growth h.Vs been in keeping with the expansion of the great empire of which we are the commercial center. "Though plans of the early ad ministration were not as well laid out ami as comprehensive as they might have been for future expan sion, neither were they without vision nn builders of their day. hen traffic problem and the movement of the commerce of a city were of but tittle concern. "As a natural consequence, we ate confronted today with too many narrow and dead end streets. Sub divisions have been permitted In tlie years gone by without the proper coordination of streets al ready ctablTaed. and without pro vision for through thoroughfares tciding through the city In each direction o( the eompnss to permit rapid And easy movement of traffic and commerce. Irnln Problem. "This constitute on eof the city's most perplexing problems and is one which has received a great deal of attention during the past two year, both by the council and; the planning commission, resulting! in a comprehensive outline of city I planning which will not only be j effective In correcting many mis.-) takes of the past, but will guide! future administrations in building a city from plans rather than by haphazard methods. "The planning commission is do ing constructive work In city af fairs and complete harmony exists between that body und the council. "Several streets have already been improved by extensions and the elimination of dead cuds, and others are on the program for the immediate future, most Important of which a re the No rt h Oc n t ra 1 outlet to the Pacific highway ntttl the opening of Fourth aud Eighth streets across the railroad, in the very heart of the city, which Is of major importance to the business and inner fire zone. "Petitions have been filed with the public service commission for these openings and briefs are be ing prepared for the hearing. "These matters should continue to receive the aggressive attention of this body until the streets are opened. New Traffic Artery. "With the completion of the Cot tage street bridge across Hear creek, the opening of Klghth street across the railroad will provide an other artery of travel between the east and the west side and through the business district, thus relieving congestion at Main nnd Hlverside and over the Main street bridge. "The matter of sewage disposal is another major problem which has received much attention dur ing the past two years, and upon which considerable datu has been gathered In the study of various types of plants now in use. The topography of the city is audi as to eliminate serious und difficult engineering problems fjuch as con front many cities, nnd with the information now in hand the coun cil can proceed in preparation for the construction of a plant to ac commodate our present and imme diate future needs, with provision for the addition of other units as the growth of the city may require. New Park Sites. "During the past bicnnlum we have set aside two small park sites within the city and have done con siderable work in their develop ment; one on North Riverside and one at the Intersection of Ivy and North Oakdale. "We have purchased 1G0U acres on Roxy Ann and are carrying on negotiations with the state high way department for 1st develop ment. TJjis movement was spon sored by the Lions club of our city and much credit is dub them hot alone for carrying on negotiations with the federal department for the purchase of this park, but also for their donation to the city of 200 acres additional land adjoin ing the IGOO-acrp tract. "We aro negotiating the purchase of the P. fc K. tract consisting of 19 acres lying along Hear creek, within the city, and are making plans for developing It as a unit of the Rear creek IJoulevard park. Successful Airport, "We have purchased 2X0 acres for a municipal airport and have constructed one of the outstanding class "A" airports In the entire western part of the I'nlted States, which is now In successful opera tion. "The cost of this airport, white representing an Investment of ap proximately 175.000.00. was held within the 9120,000.00 bond Issue in money spent by this body, all of which was judiciously Invested and every dollar made to do 100 cent's worth of service. "The cost above the $J 20.oo0 was contributed by the water emii 'mlwsion In extending a water line to the field, and by six oil com panies who have installed modern and attractive equipment, und who pay a minim u m f ra nchlsc to t he cMy of $720 per annum. "We have completed plans ind awarded a contract for the con struction of a $20. (mo reinforced concrete bridge across Hear crek at Cottage street. We have re constructed the Jackson street bridge at n cost of $4,400, "We carried to completion the construction of a new cltj' fire hall at a cost of $3ti.000. and the purchase of two new fire trucks costing $13,700, this improvement having been projected by the pre ceding administration. NeV l-ights Installed. "We installed the new lighting system on Sixth street at a cost of $1 1,500; constructed 18,50(1 square feet of concrete sidewalks front ing city lots, and 7 5.000 square feet fronting privately owned lots, at a total cost of $12,200. thus pro viding a long felt need for pedes trians, and especially school chil dren, to get to and from school dry-shod In sections of the city wlM'i-e they have heretofore been compelled to wade through muddy trails during the rainy season. "We are informed by Postmaster Warner that the city's sidewalk program covering the past IS months has enabled him to extend the mall service to sections of the city which could not otherwise have been accomplished. Streets 0ctirl. ' "We have erected 100 new traf fic signs costing $1000; opem-d South Central avenue into the Pa cific highwny at a cost of $2 500; opened "West Holly street from S'tnmlt to Coluinbu.-, and art now- negotiating for the purchase land to op n Pennsylvania avenue to Columbus: condemned and sal vaged elever.Qniapldated building, including in this program the old Page theater which has stood as a gaping monument of rebuke to progressive Medford for the past eight yars: may ft b watd to the credit the owner of tht prop erty that it has been convert! into a modern nnd attractive husinew block. "We h.ive laid IS. 90ft feM of new sewer, approximately &7 city blocks, costing $31,000, and pre liminary work is being started for new sewer lines covering 15 addi tional city blocks: paved 25 cHy blocks, costing $5ti.500, and 'sur vey work is now under way for thv paving of five additional city Mock-; graded and graveled 13 city blocks, costing $8,600; installed la new street lights In residential districts at no cost to the city; employed 1 "0 men In removing snow from the streets last winter, at a cost of $2500; issued deeds for the sale of 55 city lots; deeded to Jackson county a site for new shops and yard for county ma chinery. Adopt Building Code. ' "We passed und adopted the new Pacific building code, which means u better standardieing of all build ing construction in the city. Wo have adopted the 1T. S. department of agriculture standard milk ordin ance which has in an amazing de gree, during tin last nine months, raised the quality of milk consum ed in Medford. For ie year preceding the adoption of the milk ordinance In March of li30, the average bac teria count per cubic centimeter of m 1 1 k consu med in ou r city was ISO, 000; today It Is less than 10. ooo. (A cubic centimeter is a drop of milk the size of the point of a lead pencil.) "On March 1, last, there was onlv one dairy in Jackson county equip ped for the production of ' "A" grade milk; today -there uro 40 such dairies now delivering milk in Medford. and many more In the process of bringing their equipment up to grade "A' standard. "Dairymen of the valley are showing a fine spirit of coopera tion and the Industry throughout wildHbeauty SYNOPSIS: Famiy Frost Hurts f fie limtilttH al lie mathrr-iii'latu iHlottirttlile una run awtm ivftli a murrietl man. Boh Uaitiets. Hut ghe repeiif.v Uetom wroua lias been done, utiil retains to Iter tmnbtinrt. Dnviil. oiiv to Unit that her viottier'tn-laai is eonvinred she is ouiltu onil will not allow her to tell her side 01 the storti. Fanny twain lenies. and in A'eur Vorlt ob tains work as a dressmaker's model. A divarre is nrranoed. aiving Pat-id cnstodlt ol Sheila, their titlto daunliter. Garrett Wenttvarth. a publisher whose wife is an invalid, talis in lave with Fanny, bnt is content to re main vnreln as a Iriend. Fannu visits Sheila secretin, and later Sheila runs await to r.isit her mother. Thai are rantnrauslii liatipu lor tour dans betort Shei la's uncle oil grandmother trace her to Fanuit's apartment. Chapter 35. LEONA SENDS A MESSGE. rtRS. FROST wrote at leuglli to hor daughter Amelia, now liv ing Id London, complaining bitterly of Fanny's latest perfidy. "Unless you could see (or your self." tbe letter said, "you would not believe bow four days witb that woman have changed our darling, gentle little Sheila. The child seems under a spell sullen, defl ant, utterly callous to appeals to her natural affections. The most we can get out of her is that she is sorry she caused us so nuch heart break and anilety but 'not sorry site went to see her mother. Though obviously impossible, Sheila insists that tbe visit was entirely her own Idea. Nor will she tell us how or whore that creature (I cannot call her Fanny) managed to get In touch with her." Ton days later Mrs. Frost wrote, "I'm sorry my letter Is Into but we're still bavlng a dreadful time with Sheila. As she will not promise not to run away again, wo do not dare let her go any place alono not even to school. Last. Thursday ns David was preparing to make his weekly call on Mary Morton, Sheila said rudely, 'When you mar ry Miss Mary you won't want me, bo why can't I go live witb my mother?" "David, like a niuny, meekly tele phoned Mary be could not see her that evening and has not been near hor since. He is of course playing straight into that woman's hands, as Sheila would never have thought of such a thing herself." The day before Christmas Mrs. Frost took her granddaughter with her to the bank, where she drew out a number of gold pieces as pres ents for the servants. At tho tell er's window they met Sheila's bach elor cousin, Albert Brownbeck, en gaged on tbe same errand. Albert Imraedlate'y carried Sheila off to select herself a gift, promising to drive her home. Sheila cbose a small red bank. "Why, that Isn't much of a pres ent," Cousin Albert protested gen erously. Sheila bung ber bead. "Well If you want to, you could put something In it." Cousin Albert was never more than half bright; be slipped a $10 gold piece Into the bank. But that night, while her father and grand mother were busy decorating her tree. Sheila locked her door ou the outside, hid the key, crept down the back stairs unnoticed, and caught the midnight train for New York. She was beaded off by telegraph and brought home In the early dawn. "How could you?" Mrs. Frost asked sadly. "On Christmas live! Your poor father who has already suffered so dreadfully! And now you, his own little daughter, whom he adores, to break bis heart!" "I guess he doesn't care how much ho breaks my heart or tny mother's heart," Sheila half sobbed. "For shamo!" Mrs. Frost drow herself erect. "You have to know some tlmo. You are almost twelve years old. No matter how you blind yourself you to know In your heart how patient and good your father Is how forgiving. But there Is one sin that cannot be forgiven. Can you honestly make yourself believe that we would httve taken you away from jour mother If It bad not been ncceeary, If she had been a good woman?" Late the next afternoon Sheila followed Lconn the cook up to her room. Sheila scaled herself on the dnor. hrr he:id a;aiut I.cona's knee. They sat there quietly. Finally Shells flake O "l.etina.. wliHt Ik the tinruiKvalite t'n?" I.ei.oa leiit:ue:i. "Thm's h qiieaticii that me piCHi-hr-m hern fighting ovM ever llm-e Ailmi and Kve tinned theit .elvm mil ot the panb-n A lii is I ran figure out. it's nuJu Im vie irr.nn In .rt.nbo.fl lHS'-nj ;it- i,o nnK" smiihei tlilnk rt or she by MATEL HOWE FARNHAM ain't ot no account that whatever they do aren't worth doing." Sheila puzzled over tills. "Did my mother do that?" she asked. "No, honey. It never mattered to her whether people was black or white, rich or poor she treated 'em all exactly alike." "But Grandmother sold my mother committed an unforgivable sin." "Your grandnin shouldn't ought to have said that. I reckon when it conies to what we've been talking about, your mama was more done against than doing." There was a surprising warmth In Leona's tone. She added with her usual mildness, "your grandma's getting old and it makes her klnda spiteful to be crossed. You've crossed hor con siderable lately. But your mama's real sweet and good a Indy if 1 ever seen one. Don't you let uobody make yon tbink different." "But Grandmother said she was bad a bad woman. And she must have done something, or Daddy wouldn't have sent her away. But nobody will explain. Daddy won't, and you won't, and my mother won't. And I can't ask Mnrjorie or any of the girls. They slop talk ing and look so funny, when any one says anything about mothers. They feol so sorry for me . . ." She threw herself in Leonn's arms, racked with sobs. Leuna smootiicd her hair, comforted her., as best she could. When It was quite dark, and Sheila's sobs enme at long intervals, Leona said softly: "I've been going over In iny mind how your Aunt Amelia used to come up here when she were a iitllo girl.' Klnda careless and happy-go-lucky., Amelia wore, but awtul tender-, hearted. When she wore older sho was always standing up for every body she felt sorry for your mama specially. She were awful fond of your mama." Sheila sat up and shook her hair out ot her eyes. "Leona, if 1 wrote to Aunt Amelia would she tell me?" "1 can't rightly say," answered Leona cnutiously, "but If sho iiuh( ed to tell you, she wouldn't pay no attention it your grandma told her she wasn't to. She never took your grandma too serious, like your papa and all the family do. If Amelia felt your grandma were In thu wrong she'd just as soon lay her out as anybody. But I shouldn't want you should say that 1 put you up to writing her." "I won't," Sheila promised has tily. An embryo resolve, lung gcslnt ing in Leona's heart nnd bruin, linnl ly took shape and form. "If you should happen to write your Aunt Amelia," sho said slowly and portentously, "you put this In, exactly samo as I'm lolling you. Your write, 'Leona says sho aren't ono tor Interfering, but to toll you you ought to know Mia' Fanny ain't never been treated right.'" "I'll write It down right away, bctoro I forgot," Sheila promised. In London. 10 days later, Amelia found a letter from her mother at the top of a heavy breakfast mail. "Sheila's tried to run away again wanted to spend Christinas with Fanny," Amelia told hor hus band. "They headed her off. hut Mother's terribly upset and bitter. Serves her right David too. I don't care what Fanny did. It's an outrage not to let her see her own child occasionally." She worked slowly through her mall. At tbe bottom was a small pink envelope addressed In a child ish hand. "Dear Aunt Amelia," eho read. "Will you ploso toll mo what my mother did? It's terribly Itnpor. tent tor mo to know. Grandmother says my mothor Is a bad woman. Leona told me to tell you she aren't one for Interfering but you ought to know Miss Fanny ain't never been trcetcd right. Daddy says Leona thinks you are the smartest person In the world, and 1 guess maybe she knows. Your loving niece, Sholla Frost, P. S. Lovo to Uncle Clark." Having no children of hor own, Amelia's heart was especially ten der for David's little daughter. "Why. you're crying! What's the matter?" demanded Clark. Amelia threw h I in tho letter. "Poor kid," said Clark. "Ibis In a good deal of n pos'-r. What aro you going lo write ber?" "I'm not .going to write Iter any thing." sullied Amelia. "I never have been altogniher satisfied about Fanny. Now that Leona has sent lor me I in taking the flul boat tor New York." fCapirtnht flfl, r,u Uatrtl Hotca t nrnham I JuMir. i n?.ir lor Fjinny. Rtad tomOTOw'. Irjmatu ih.ioter, tile t-ounty l.s rapidly attalnltiK a Pii.-.ititu of emim-nce qi i'aeifle voal eompetitinn. W'uU'l Sys,ill firow. The water i-nmmis.-dun lias kept aiaeo with .Mi-dt'urd'.i growth, ami luilnc the bit'iimmu has laid ltl.siiC lineal feet (approxlmaw-ly three and tlii'i''-Uarters niile.J of east iron water mains, al a eo.st of :t 7 . r, l il . Additional to this they have carried forward a program of elearini; land at the intake of our water supply of dead brush, deeayeil und rolten loys anil refuse, ami have planted 20.0(10 trees in the reforestation of city-ovne,l Ian, I in our watershed. 'This makes a ijrand iota! in the elty's Improvement program, eov elilit the past two yeiirj. of ap proximately M1S.IHI0. exeliislve of tile general budget vxpense- ol' ap I'loxiinalely $U.U00 which lias heeil expended til the upkeep of the streeiH and road.s department, l-are has been exercised to bold all etty departments to tho minimum of overhead expense and -some re duction has been effected. In the Iei:al department iilonc annual salaries have been reduced from MSOfi to S40t, and othor incidental expenses entirely eliminated, thus rcdueinir the overhead of this de partment by more tluwi 30 per ee nt. "The work of tile council has been irreatly facilitated during this entire biennial period by the sup port of tlie people. Every civic body of our city has tond loyally behind us; the merchants, nnd tho populace as a whole havo kIvph us their support; f.-omcllmcA not in entire accord witli our official acts in handling issues which have conic before us. but this can never be expected in a growing, bustling city, and their criticism in most in stance, has been of n constructive character, which nlwaya tends to aid a municipal body in their de liberations, rather than harm the cause. Hail Ixi.vul Support. "With this loyal support tlie ac complishments of tills body were made possible dospile the per.sist em opposition of tlie weekly news paper and the sporadic outbursts of their daily ally in recent months; olherwise, the local pre.-w has been one of tbe Bieatesl aids to the council in carrying forwanl tlie work of our city. "We have endeavored to Include in our program every municipal department and to carry the work to every section of the city, believ ing this lo be fair in policy and sound in It scope in building .a !i;KATi:n MKnFORD for which we look lo the future witli confi-cb-nce and security." Hill ininn mm An interesting series of programs for 111 weeks war; begun today by tbe l.ions eluh at its regular week ! ly fusion at tho Hotel Holland, jwith a presentation of moving pu--: Hires by Horace lirontley, showing j local current events, liu'ludinn the ; American Legion boat races at Immigrant lake, llremeu'.s drill and release of wild game birds. Three members of the club will be ehosen for e;ieh week's enter tainment. The efforts of tho com mit teen for tlie entire scrims will bo judged, prizes will be awarded j those ei)inmittei't coiQ I t-t t ng the' iSeries with the create .t nuniiii-r of credits b.ised on the'M-ogram audi ; their woi k. All l.ions are iiLmi reminded that if they can not attend the regular . tunehMin they are lo call the secre- tary. Krnest 1. Scott, at lia'-J, or . tht- president. Kile It. While, at .21, lo give reasons for inability : to attend. The roll will also be tailed at each meeting in the fu ture. If four meetings are misled j without excuses, the me in her will J be dropped from the rofcler. SCORES ARRESTED IN RAID ON PUNCHBOARDS I'OliTLANl). (ire., .I.in. ;. .VP' 'he frown of a new district attor- I ! ney was reflected in activity of j police here today in raids on punch-) board operators. More than a, i score of ari esis w ere made, and j i fines up to were imposed, j I Lotus I,. Kangley. district attorney,) t wa sworn in .Monthly. ' llasic training for public speak ing will bo given high uchool pupils In u new electric course to be offered the second semester in oral ex p. ession. Mrs. I. K. chiller will instruct the class, which Is open to upper classmen aud may be substituted for an Lnglish class just aa Journalism or puhlic speaking may he. , The specific ohjectlveH of the course are to offer training in vocal expression, correct speech defects, banish affectations nnd mannerisms, nnd to establish pro per habits of breathing, posture, enunciation, pronunciation und tone production. The last six weeks of the course will bo devot ed to reading and interpreting dramas. Gassy Stomachs Made Well ft very person who Is troubled with pas in thn stomach and bowels shoull got a pnokago of Ban 1 ma tin's linn Tahlets and see how oulrkly they will rchevo nil distressing symptoms. Sharp pains in the abdomen or about the hpart are ofton due entirely to gas pressure. Sometimes tho cir culation Is restricted, on using th bands and feet to kjw numb. Usually there Is much ffursliiiR or rumbling in tho bowels. Many suiTorors complain of a gnnwhm feeMnfl in the atoitmch. extreme nervousness, hoar t bu r n , drowsiness after entlnir, heartaches, dlKy spells or labored breathing. Haahnnnn's Ons Tablets taken nt meal tlmo not only prevent nil bad ef fects from gas. but they invigorate the weak nerves of the stomaeh nnd assist In restoring Ihe whole digestive system to proper working ordr. Untwine ilanlumnn's tins Tabloid tn Ihe vellnw pnk acre can bo ob tained at uny good drug store. Price $1 everywhere Strang's Drug? Store EVERY EVENING When Lights Go On Tin1 sun sinks low on the horizon shadows fall, and mankind needs Lit!! IT. It is on (his liasir daily need lliat our securities are grounded. And the demand for electric service is jjrow iiiLf from day to day for more Li.nht for more Power. An investment, in our securities has a 24-hour earning capacity, year around. This essential service is a per manent guarantee of steady, substantial income through the years ahead. Let us give you details of how you can buy Copco 6 Preferred Stock on easy monthly payments. Dividends payable every 00 days. Write the Investment Department. ' THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY MEDFORD, OREGON PROTECTION WHILE YOU ARE SAVING 30 North Central When you invest with us you not only have the protection of first mortgage security on im proved real estate but you have the comfort ing assurance of our background of twenty two years of safe saving. It is a good thing to place your money where it is always worth a hundred cents on the dol lar and where it has an assured income. A preferred dividend of 7 is paid on CLASS A stock in this Association, shares are issued in multiples of $100.00 and participate in the semi-annual dividends from date of invest ment. Jackson County Building, and Loan Association Organized 1909
