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Subscribers Not Receiving Their Papers Promptly Will Confer a Great Favor by Notifying the Office At Once. THE WEATHER. l'oiilc.lit mill Dodnowlny Plnudy, wiinnor; front. Moiiiluy lllitli HO, low 'jr.; i a nidi :ik, Medford Mail Tribune Full Leased Wire Report. United Press Association. Tho only pnpor in thu t o rid publlshod in n oity (ho sizo of Mod ford huv .ng n leased wire. FOUKTlLYJCA.ll. MEDFORD, OIMUON, TUHKIMY, NOVUM MR 1(J, mm. No. 20G. CUMMINGS TAKES OVER FISH LAKE CO YNDICATE 000 ACRES UNDER WATER NEW IRRIGATION SYSTEM TO COST OVER $,250,000 Plans Not Fully Matured Out Work Will Start Soon $25,000 Al ready Has Been Spent on Surveys. Aftor spending between Slift.OOD mill l.'io.ooo In pi vllmlur.ry surveys hIik-o taking an option on tho prop erties of tlu Pish Lake IMloh com puny early In tho summer, tho con trol of Hint company linn punned Into tint hands of I'ri'd N. ('iimtiiliigM as tho representative of u nyutlleate. 'I'hi. syndicate plmiH In commence r llvo coiiMlnicMon work tit one upon mi Irrigation m.vmIoiii which, when coniplii(ci, will place water upon 6fi, (Mio acres In I ho Koguo Hlvor valley mill will cimt f l.'jr.O.ooi), Including tho purcliitHo prli'o of tho pnmnnt Hyittiiiii. Hlnco tin time when tho option was given surveying partltm have been In (ho field for .lie Hyndlcato and after spending thouunndH of dol lar h In (IiIh prullinlnnry work Mr. ruminliigs recently went to Kan PrnnelHco, where ho took over tho control of tho present system. The plaiiH of the now 'company Invo not as yet matured, hut they expect to Htnrt work In llio very near future it !oii their new :iystom. The old can a! will lie iiiado twice the aim of the present one and many new IIiioh tiro to lie run In the valley, placing rr.000 acres of land under water. The surveys niado during tlio sum liter are enmploto and hIiow every ehnngo In elevation In tho valley. Prom those mnpH It In puhhIIiIo to lay off canaln which will furnhih water to tho greatest uuinhor of news. While tho cotiHlderatlou In not glv en. It la known that It ran up Into hIv figure. Within a week Mr. ('utnmlngs ox perlH to have IiIh planii In hiicIi Hhapo an will euahlo him to i;lvo further dHnlls In r Hard " ! fiiMiro of the coinpany. KISS PHOTO OF PRETTY GIRL; ARRESTED FOR BIGAMY (Pulled l'r'H Loused Win1 ) SEATTLE, Nov. 111. Hocnu.o her IiiikIiiiiiiI nffecliniinlcly kissed utid udmircd Ihe photograph of a prelly Woniiin which she has discovered lo he lh" lil. ! of .(hi mot Wear Mitchell, whom he i- alleged lo linve married eight .vears nuo nnil desert eil ? I I'm. Mil el Miieh"M bus sworn lo on.npluii I here rhu in; .Ininos it.1 Mitchell wilh bigninv. To l'rnHooittiug Attorney l.undiu, Mrs. Milehell suiil lint she tunnied iniloholl in Ibis city in UM17 and llial he lohl lit Hie pieliire he mi much ndniired wu. tliul of IiIh dead sister. film says hIio Iiiih learned thai it wiih not lluil of 1 1 i k sister, hill of a woman whom ho married and wilh whom lie lived several yearn nl Wnl isoubtirg, Colo. Milehell wiih n for nitif civil engineer. MARKING OUT AERIAL ROAD FOR AEROPLANE PARIS, Nov. 1(1. -Connnillees of Ilia Areo Cluh of Franco nre work ing out an aeroplane route from I'iu'ih through llordeattx to Hoyrilz, 1 hit famotiH resort on the Spanish frontier today. AvialorH have been urging for Homo time that tho Aero ( lul) out line, a public route for Iho nrlifioiul birds lo Hiurril. and publish a list of Iho laud niarlvH by which tho aerial road may lie followed. Tho aero eluh recently appointed two commit -tooH, ono for a route to Hordimnx nnd tho other for u route from Bor deaux to lJiurrilH. Tho eomtnitteoH am working today for a ttiiifieution of plans. 1 1L ANS 4 ' 4 REBUILDING THE PRESS CAUSE OF SMALL PAPER -. On acrount of rolnilldlnt: 4 tho Mall Trlhunu press for 4 several days the paper will 4 4 aptear In abbrtivlatod form. 4 4 4 LIQUOR CASES ARE DISMISSED Owliiu to Lack of Evidence District Attorney Mulkcy Dismisses Indictments Against Saloon Men. Three iiidiclincntH returned hv the recent grand jury against hiiIoou'Iiiuii of tho oniinly for selling liitior on Sunday and lo minors, have hcon dismissed upon motion of District Attorney H. l Mnlkey. Failure to ohttiiu tho necessary witnesses led In the dismissal. The eases in ipios tinii were: Stale vs. Toney Olson, selling li quor on Sunday. Stale vs. Andy Jennings, selling liipior on Sunday. Stale s. Kdwin Olson, selling li- iiior lo minors. MANY BEARS IN FISH LAKE PASS Engineer Hcldcl and Supervisor Er Ickson Meet Mr. Bruin and His Family Out on Walk.. Ilenjamlu i Iluldel, nHBlHtant en gineer of Ihe luirenu if Rood ronds. end M. I,. Krlckson, Huporvlsor of the Crater National forest, who hnvo J tint returned from a trip to tho Fish I -alto pass, where Mr. He-Idol went to lo cate a roail for tho foroBtry servlco, report hear plentiful In that section. While out ono day they mot Mr. Ilru In. IiIh wife, motlier-lit-law and a hrother, lo say nothliiK of a liounclnR youtiK nou, ut for a stroll. Tho two offlelalH, like true aon of Undo Sam, stood tl'clr ground and with n 32 Colt's uu"oioilod In drlvlnj; tho brutes away. Tho hoyn also report duck nlontl ful on PIhIi Luke, hut Ice N formltiK and It Is difficult to ot thorn, Snow Ih now uomo IS Inchofl dctp and pre vented Mr. Holdol from eomplutlnc lilu work of loeatlaK tho road. DOMESTIC TRAGEDY IS FOLLOWED BY TWO DEATHS (Putted Press l.cuscd Wire,) ORANflH. Cul Nov. 1(1. -Following a supposed doiuestio tragedy which resulted in tho killing of Ro land Fletcher by W. W. Downs, a local lumheriimii., who thou commit ted suicide, (he bodies of the two men today lie side by side in the oity morgue at Simla Ana. Downs, who litis been separted from his wife for some time, went to his homo in this oily last night in hopesi of effecting a reconciliation. Ilo found Fletcher wilh Mrs. Downs. Drawing it revolver, thu angered husband fired four shots into Fletch er's body, killing him instantly. Ho Htirrendered lo Marshall .Tornigau who relieved him of Iho weapon. While Jernigiin wiih telephoning for Iho coroner, Downs drew n sec ond revolver from bin pookol, and fired a bullet into his own head. lie tlied three hours later at tho county hospital at Santa Ana. Honry Stouway of drniitu Pnaa spout TuoHday In Modford visiting frlondfl. TO PLACE ACKERMAN IS PLEASED WITH LOCAL SCH00LS;RGGUE APPLES In Address at Hlfjh School Buildinij He Speaks Words of Praise for Jackson County Schools. The iiudiloriti .i at the liih senixd wnw well filled Mr-u uy eveniiij: wi'h a representative Medford audience, ulio Kitthorcd to hear State Superin teudeiil of Scliools .1. II. Ackcriunii, on the subject of education. The promm opened witli a violin ami pi ano selection by Profs. Romanoff and Fields, which the lunlience heartilv ; applauded. Mr. Ackenuan slated in opening his addreis that he had just fiuihcd a tour of the rural schools of the county, and that he was more (linn agreeably surprised by the hih standard s of the schools, both in scholarship and deportment. It is rarely found, said the speak er, that the standard of the schools is above the business and moral standard of the community, and progress follows the same lines in either ease. Ono of tho menus of raising the standard of the schools nut! incident ally that of the community is co-op. eratiou between the home and the school i.ei ine parents niiiKe a friend of tho teacher of (heir children nnd by the knowledge gained from such iissoojntion judne the merits of Ihe controversies which oeensiouallv arise belween lonelier anil pupil. Fol lowing this system much of the f no tion would he eliminated lo the bet torment of both pupil and teacher. Medford has tho distinction of be ing the. first oily south of Portlnnd to add to tho oirrieuluin a oouimoroinl and a manual training department. .Mrs. wd AndrewH rendered "Sing, Smllo nnd Slumber," by fhiunod, In tho charming manner which Medford music lovers are accustomed to ex pect from her. Tho nudlenco would have kept her BliiKlng for hours had she been willing to respond to tho encoroa. WIDE SPREAD COMMOTION SAVED LERROUX'S LIFE (Pultoil Press Leased Wire ) MADUII), vln Hondnyo. Nov. lfi. Aloxnndro Iuroux, lender of tho re publicans in Spain, Is hold responsi ble by tho government for tho ro contly Issued socialistic manlfostor urging local organizations of tho so cialistic faith to co-nporato with tho republicans In effecting a political overturning In Spain. From tho t lino T.orrnux roturned to Spain from exile ten days ago there liavo been bIkiis of tho deopest offi cial anxiety concerning his doings, but for tho widespread commotion which followed tho oxccutlon of Pro fessor Francis Front, Lerroux would undoubtedly hnvo been In Jnll nnd woll on tho road townrd facing a fir ing H(tiad today, POPULAR YOUNG ASHLAND v GIRL PASSES GREAT DIVIDE ASHLAND, Nov. 1(1. (Special.)--Aftor an illness of bu! two weeks, Miss Clara M. flalbrailli, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jnmes flalbraith pass, ed away at an early hour yesterdny morning. Deceased was 18 years of ago, and very popular among her ae quaintnneos. heath resulted from blood poisoning. The family has tho deopost sympathy of tho on tiro city, this being the third death in tho fam ily within a year. Tho funeral serv ice was held in the Congregational church this afternoon, and was large ly attondod. Tho now Crater Lake club will bo formally oponod on Friday ovoutng, 4 4 MISS STEINHEIL IS 4 TO RENOUNCE WORLD 4 4 PARIS, Nov. JOV-Mile Math. ildo Stoinhill, daughter of Mad- ante Marguerite Steinlifil, the "red widow," is to become a nun. At the time, of her moth- 4 ur's arrest lor the alleged crimes Mile. Mathihio was engaged to " a young Parisian, wlto imrnedi- rifnlt tfthtt Mi miiMifrtrrirttit uliuti disgrace threatened Hie family of his hetrolhed. '4 I4444444-4-4-4-4-4-44444-4- 'S E SPOKANE SHOW Tronson & Guthrie's Car Attracts Greatest Attention of Any Ex hibit in Spokane Apple Show. (Mall Tritium) Special .Service.) SPOKANH, Nov. 1(1. If the ad miring throngs who flocked through thu grounds of the NuH-o'. I Apple Show here yesterday nnd today wore to ballot on tho exhibits, tho ear-lot of Spitzcuhcrgs .shipped b. T. niton & Guthrie of Kaglu Point, (ire., in tho Rogue Hiver valley, would carry off the gin ml prize. Thu exhibit U u splendid one and is attracting much attention, more perhaps than any otlt er car. The ear of Newtown Pippins from Ashland, Ore., arrived too late to bu unpacked hut it is believed that the judges will make allowances. They uro splendid apples. The Hood River ear has been ship ped on east to Chicago. Hood River growers sny that the change in rules inado it impossible for them to ex hibit their oar. The Hood River ex hibit is small. Thousands of people nre in attend ance. BOYS HAVE FUN WITHJLD BEAR Phoenix Men Meet With Bruin and After Exciting Timo Get Away With She Bear and Cub. And now ootnes Fred nnd Art Tur r,. nol only with n bear sl-ny, bet with the bears and as a seip.enoe tho Hotel Tarry at Phoenix win abie to tickle the palates of their guo-U. wilh nice fal juioy hear steaks. Tin. Fi.r ry Pros, own and operate m Ihi':ju oattlo ranch on Dead tndiau and were gathering beef enltle whoa this story wus ennoted. it seems I'tom Iho lon limony that tho boys vh went load ed for hear, were in eamp towards the oveuing and knowing the country saw itniniRtukahle signs oi hear Nj morning not far from ounp . tid ing nfter entile through 'he tir.bor they espied a young o io hear in u tiee, being old and aeouvtoiol to the gnme they instan'K' fsu.spoctod the mother bear was in tho vieinilyj por had I hey long lo wait fr the mother hoar, louring far tho suioly o? her youti,, spied the hualois from her hiding plnee and vith a savage growl made for the two hunter-?. No lime to run, they simply had to fight. Hulled nfter bullet wus pumped into bruin until within ten foot a fatal shot plaeed in the head of tho motlior hour ended Ihe eonliiel, Attention was next diverted, lo Iho cub in the tree. One well directed shot was all that was needed in fetch the boar down from tho tree. Tho two hears wovo dressed and proved to he in prime condition, very fat and Juicy, Tho fur, too, was in its prime, and both hides now in the hands of a taxidermist, will shortly adorn tho Furry homo us silent hut positive evidonco of tho power of tho Furry brothorti as hour lniuiora, CROWD CHOIC CHERRY MINE FlfiE STILL RAGES Chicago Fire Chief Accompanic.1 by Tralnload of Apparatus Rushes to Aid Fight Against Flames. IS NOW SUICIDE FOR ONE TO ENTER MINE If Flames Cannot Be Quenched by Water, Gas Will Be Used, But This Means Death to Possible Survivors. (United Press loosed Wire.) CHEKRY, III., Nov. 1C The of ficials In charce of tho St. Paul mine devoted tholr time today la fighting tho flames and no effort was made to re-enter the lower levels In the search for entombed miners. Chief Moran of Chicago fire de partment, with five expert assistants, arrlve'd hero on a 'special train this morning tearing 50,000 gallons of water, 5000 feet of hoie and chemi cals. A holo was cut In tho cover of the main shaft nnd tho hose dropped down In tho hope of extinguishing the fire In that way. If this falls carbonic acid gas will bo forced into the mino. If this plan is resorted to the miners declnro that It will not only put out tho fire, but It will also kill any of tho entombed men who may bo still alive. Suicide to Knter Mine. It Is claimed that it would bo sui cide for anyone to nter tho mine today. While tho rescuers hope to re sume work tomonow, they may not bo ablo to enter tho initio for sev eral days. Tho authorities nro today making preparations to prevent any outbreak that may occur when tho bodies nro brought to the surface. Tho survivors nro bitter against tho company, chnrglng that tho dis aster would not hnvo occurred If tho oloctrle cnblo had boon promptly re paired. They r.llego that tho torches In tho stables were unnecessary. Tho miners also nro angry st En Ineers llalsbcck nnd Crowley, who woro In chnrgo of tho cages when tho flro started. Crowley baa admitted to tho cor oner that ho refused to rnlso tho cngo bearing 12 rescuors because ho was not ordered to do so. Rnlsbock has been sont out of town and Crowley will probably leavo today. An official of tho St. Paul mine who called a roll of Its obployes to day declared that not over 275 men nro still In tho mine. COULDN'T STAND PROSPERITY SAYS WIFE IN DIVORCE SUIT (United Press Leased Wire.) SKATTLK, Nov. 10. Prospective prosperity was too tnueh for Quentin Dresser, according to tho statements in papers for divorce filed by Mrs. Virginia A. Dresser. Alimony of $50 a month and tho custody of two dogs, jointly owned by tho eouple, is aske 1. Tho inarital differences of the Dressers arose according to tho com plaint when news of a bequest of $12,000 from Dresser's iinolo was recoived. Up to litis time Drossor, who is a book-koopor, had lived very quietly and had contrived to save sovoral hundred dollars from his sal ary. Mrs. urossor states mo nrst intimation she had of tho bequest was on the occasion of her entorinin menl of the Society of Mothers, when her husband, she says,, fell in tho front door at 3 o'clock in tho after noon witli what had hcon a quart of oysters and a largo sirloin stake pin nod to his overcont witli a safety. This unusual nmnnor of market quite naturnly excited tho membors of tho society and caused tho plain tiff much humiliation. 44444-4444-4-44-4-4-4-4-4-4I OARROW RUSHES 1 TOWARD SPOKANE ! 4- SPOKANE, Nov. 10. Clar ence Darrow, who acted as at torney for Moyer and Haywood two years ago when they were tried in Idaho for complicity in the alleged killing of Ex-Gover-liere from Chicago to pro nor Steunenbenr. is en route here from Ciiicngo to prosecute 4- 4- the habeas corpus cases brought by imprisoned Industrialists. 444444 4 444 CASH REGISTER RIFLED By BOLD Confectionery Establishment on Cor ner of Seventh and Central Ave nue Proves Rich in Loot for Burglar. A burglar some time Monday eve ning broke Into tho confectionery store, on the cornor of Seventh and Central avenue and rifled tho cash register, getting Ir. the neighborhood of $30. The butcher shop next door was also entered, but nothing but a few pieces of change wetfe to be had there. Entrance was gained to tho confec tionery store through a rear Bide door. Nothing evidently had been touched In the storo but the register. Absolutely no clue was left and there Is but little hope of apprehend ing tho culprit. Of late a large number of petty rt)bborIea havo been reported. Tho annual migration of Weary Willies to the south Is on and this probably ex plnlus matters. FOOTBALL BOYS LOSE HARD-EARNED COIN Payment Stopped on Check Issuod as Payment of Idaho's Share Gate Receipts. (United Press Leased Wire ) EUGENE, Or., Nov. 16. Managoi Goodman of tho University of Ore gon football team has stopped pay ment of n check for G59, represent ing tho Idaho University's shnro of tho gato recolpts at tho football gamo between those two teams Saturday on receipt of a telegram from Mnn- ager Henry Smith that ho had been robbed of tho check. Sunday night while tho train on which thoy woro"en routo to Mos cow stopped at Colfax, Wash., a few minutes Smith alighted from tho train to tako a llttlo exorcise. While strolling on tho platform two men seized him by tho nritiB nnd wont through his pockets, taking the chock and disappeared. Tho team bad tholr tickets paid for and enough spare cash to reach home. WOMAN'S FACE SLAPPED; GETS DAMAGES FOR $1200 (United Tress Leased Wire") IIOQUIAM, Wash., Nov. 10. Mn. Leslie Howells is $l'J00 richer today ns a result of n verdict for damages to that amount against John Winters a wealthy merchant ot this city, m the superior court yesterday. Mrs. IIowolls insisted that Winters bad slappod lior faoo during un alterca tion over tho return of an unsatis factory article of apparel purchased from tho defendant's storo. Miss Rloomquist, wlto lind boon summoned as a witnoss, failed to appear in court yestordny and was laken in ohargo by tho sheriff on a bench war rant and hurried to tho court room in an automobile. Tho Modford Coonunerclal club NIGHT MARAUDER will hold a regular session Wodnoo- city hall la rogular sosslon this er day ovoning, nine, HANLEY CASE UP LAST OF WEEK Judge Hanna Promises City Attorney Neff Soon io Try Case Out and Render Early Decision , In Case. UNIMPORTANT STEPS WERE TAKEN YESTERDAY IN CASE After Case Is Tried if City Loses Out Matter Can Be Taken to Suprsmt Court on Trial The case of tho city of Modford n. M. F. Hanley for a right of wjr across the Hanley premises on Llttlo Uutto creek will como up in tho olr cult court during tho last of thlc week or tho first of next. Judga H. K. Hanna has so promised City At torney Neff. He has furthor prom ised an early decision in thu oast. It tho decision Is not favorablo to th city "it can then b carried to tli supremo court. h On Monday Judgo Hanna ruled o several unimportant matters striking sonio things from Attorney Noff's answer as offered by Attorner Iteames and sustaining othor parts. The part of tho motion overruled was that part ot the answer whleu alleged that an attempt had ben made by Hanley and the city to enter Into a contract, which contract was niado part of tho answor. Th ob jections nlleglng that no other coa tract had boon entered into; and those alleging that tho right of war sought across Hanloy's premises was not for the purpose of dlvortlng th waters of Wasson canyon, but for tn purpose of conducting those ot LtttU nutto creek, woro austalnod. WOULD SECURE ASHES OF DEAD NOBLEMAN (United Press Leused Wlr.) LARKSPUR, Cal., Nov. 16. It U charged by tho widow of ChovalWr August Chamot, tho horo ot Pokln, who died of tuborculosls hero recent ly, that rolatlves aro making offorta to securo tho ashes of tho dead no bleman from horo. Tho man died In abjoct povdrtr. Ilo had been divorced from hU first wife in Now York shortly beforo h lost his second fortune III health drove him west, whoro ho married the woman who had nursod htm lit the east, Miss Elizabeth Dollar. ANOTHER DIVORCE FILED IN ARMY CIRCLES (United Press Loused Wire.) SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10. Ltou tenant John Symington, first United States cavalry, who rocontly nrrlvod from tho Phlllpplnos, Is taking pre liminary stops today toward sulne his wlfo for dlvorco. Roforo her mairlago Mrs. Symington wbb Miss Stolla Ducat, a famous army hello. Her father Is Lloutonnnt Colonel Ar thur C. Ducat of tho Twonttoth ln fautry. . MOTHER SAVES ALL HER CHILDREN BUT ONE (United Press Leased Wire.) LOS ANOELES, Cal., Nov. 16. III nn early morning flro that des troyed tho homo of Mrs. Ella Stu art, colored, hor B-yoar-old sou, Floyd, was burned to doath. The flro was caused by th eovorttirnlng of n korosono lamp. Mrs. Stnnit resciind tho oldor chil dren from tho burning building, hut In tho oxcttemont llttlo Floyd was forgotten. Hta charred body wm found In tho ruins by searching f tri llion. Tho city council will moot at the