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Wi Hill! idlAMii ApDT 7 TmVT tfll? HTMT? AATOT? T 1T JBilKH.itltMvonbyucur.ofJiotfucra show in competition X Jl LjS2j XVlIM'or Ur 1 Xl.ll VV viVLiy j'n,jt from nil uict ions of Auieri'cn, proving conclusively that Rogue ."River fruit the most perfect grown in any country. I'nllcil IVm Am latino. Fllll IIIM(I Will) ItopOtt Tho only paper In tin1 world ptilillMhtifl In u city tlio hI.o of Modford IimvIiii; n lollKOll Wild. Medford Mail Tribune THE WKATHKIt. r?" Tonight and Thursday, rain. Tuesday IIIghT 68, low 62! range 6f; sunshine KOURT.ll YJ5AR. MEDFORD, OIMWON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1909. No. 2.13. LOSSESFROMIHERMANN UP1 STORMS ARE j FDR TRIAL HEAVY j JULIO " Lumbermen Loso Thousands of Dol-' Inrs' Worth of Lous by Heavy Floods in Northwest Streams. LOSS IN WILLAMETTE VALLEY EXCEEDS $50,000; Engineer on Northern Pacific Killed When Train Hits Landslide. Storm Abates. (I'nllmt Vrrtn Lert Wire! PORTLAND. Or., Nov. Plfiy thousand dollars i the ontimati'd toll which roKidcnts of tin Willsinette vnlloy will pay for tlio high water of the InM few days according t reports received tip to noon, lag ging indiiHtrio-f nud fanner nro tin heavy lohnrn. I'Vil by molting no in lite CnMNidt mountain" and heavy ruins tlu Willamette river is still rising anil it tributaries in tin Wi' Intnotlo vnllov have overflowed their banks, tho Willamette wtodd at 2" feet and 8 inoho at Salem at no'iii today. It in not expected that much more damage will b. tfaiisfiil bytlie high wntcr, as Uie Vnihs Jmvo censed' and the weather has turned cooler. Although tho Willamette and Co luinhin rivers nrc expected to rice for a day oro, it i Jiut thought ihsl ,tht' rihu will lie il'i'iriciit to do much further damage. Telephonic and telogrnphiu com iiiuiiiratioii mifferod the wot nevero dnmngo yesterday, hut today the lino have boon practically roMorod. Quito a number of mil rood bridge have been wahed out. and land slides have bloolwd th 0. K. ft X. in several plnoe. and It inn.v be ev ornl day before regular mi1iUi will be roMiinod. Lumbermen Suffer. AHKRDF.HN. Wash.. Nov. 2-1. It id estimated today that tho lo to lnggrr on Gray llnrbor will total in the neighborhood of $200,000 ah a tiQUkmimuico of Ilia high water of tlio pnf-t fe.w days. Fully 10,000 logs liave drifted out to mui and many strewed alon' the beaches of the lower bay. The heavy wind has blown down liuudredH of trees in the woods nnd logger coining out of the camps tell of narrow eRcntuw in avoiding them nu (hey fell over. The loss has been confined mainly to the C'huhali din trie.!. Many rancheix along the river had mortgaged their farms to get their logs into tho stream, and f-omo have oven mortgaged tho logs thoinselveu, expecting to renlire on them to meet their obligations. Tlu-.o will be tho greatest sufferers from the high water, although the larger logging companies have sustained heavy losses, Washington Stream I'lillcn. HKM,I-N'(IIIAM. Wash., Nov. 21. Cold, clear weather and a cessation of tho rainfall have combined to lower tho Nooksnek river by several feet during tho last few hours, and all danger from floods is believed t.i be rinsi today, While the yuters reached (he high est mark in years and considerable dnmage has been done, the losses nro not as heavy as they have been m the past. Tho people livinir nlonir tho Ktroam scorn to have prospered by tho oxperiouco of recent storms and wero prepared. Mill owners have lont heavier than others, hundreds of dollars' worth of bolts have been washed down stream, that probably nover will bo recovered by tlio ownors. Tho boaoh-ctfinbors 1 will profit grontly by tho floods, j Many small bridges havo boon j wnshod out, but tho larger ones havo ' boon protcoted and stood (ho strain well. Hailrond companies, are today repairing tho damage Tho waters are rapidly receding today and thoro Is ovory indication Judyo Wolverlon Dclf nltely Sets Time for Trial Upon Hearing From Hermann's Attorney. HENEY LEAVES PORTLAND FOR SAN FRANCISCO Will Return to Prosecute Former Congressman About the First of January. M-"t,i tt I.fniuHl Wire- PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 24. HlnKor Hermann, cxcongrosHinan from the state of Oregon and for many years a prominent factor In northwest poli tics, will he put on trial In tho United States district court January 10 for conspiracy to fraudulently obtain gov ornmont land. Federal JuiJko Charlett K. Wolvcr- ton today definitely net the date of trial. followllng the receipt last night of a terrain from Henryy Worthlng- ton of New York, chlof counsel for Hermann, notifying the court of his atdllty to attend at that time. Following the trial of Hermann oth en Indicted of land fraud charges wlll'lie put on trial. ' On tho Hermann trial, too, will depend the dismissal of a score or in Indictments pondltiR ngalnst others on minor charges. Frnncls J. Honey, special prosecut- nr tnr flm I'nltfiil States, flflcr RtlOlUWl Ing n weelc In Portland In conferoncel with United Stated District Attorno.' John McCourt and othors. left last night for San Francisco. He wlM re turn to Portland about Jannnry 1 to take up tho prosecution or the llrr mnnn case. ALL BUT ?a BODIES FOUND IN CHERRY MINE (V illicit Vrrnm I.ceil Wlro ) CHKIUIV, 111.. Nov. 2J.-A sum mary of the disaster at the St. Paul mine here shows that "M men wc-e in the mine when the fire started. Of this number it is estimated that 200 men escaped from the mine on the day the firo broke out. Lnt Sat urday 20 men were taken alive from the mine. With the 101 dead bodies already recovered, 100 bodies were found in tho lowest level today. MANY DIE IN BROOKLYN TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE (Unltctl rre Loaned Wire ) HHOOKIA'N, N. Y Nov. 21. Six persons, two women, one mnn nud thrco small children, wore burned to death ,ten persoiiH were injured, one fnlnllv nnd nun wmnnn is missine; as a vesult of a. tenement house fire in , Havens Place. Tho ruins of the structure nro being searched to as ! certain if thcro nro other bodies in the ashes, Hdltor, Pat t hou of tho Contra! Point Herald Ib In town. , FOOTBALL GAME TO ROUND Wi THE DAY Proverbial Thanksfjlvlnrj Football Game Will Bo Played on Local Grounds Tomorrow. Tho Modford High School team will bo called upon to dofond its titlo , to tho championship ol bouthern Ur .ogon tomorrow ngninst ouo of tho strongest tenuis it has yot encoun tered. Kvory mnn, womnii and child with an ouneo of rod blood In ! their veins should ntt'ond this ganio, If you don't understand football yon can yell, and that is ouo of tho mam features. 1621 . Thanksgiving 1909 x HnmH .-xr a& k k Tie a it 1 n fi i ii I ii n ii u mi : mu : THE TURKEY'S THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION By GERALD PRIME Copyright. 1909, by Amnlun PrtM AnocU.Ion GOBBLERS and gobblerines of every kind and station, 1 beg you to give heed to this my proclamation: Tis now th' very season when our turkey eating foes Labor briskly overtime to make us adipose. Temptations strong and subtle lurk ever at our door. Seek to keep us eating as we've never done before. We've been surfeited with tidbits dear to th' turkey heart. Celery and chestnuts a fine flavor do impart To our ever toothsome flesh, soon to fall an easy prey To those who thus do celebrate their dread Thanksgiving day. 'Tis cannibalistic, truly, smacks of ancient Rome, Lucullus and his peacock feast and sybaritic home. With such views held steadfastly in modern turkeydom 'Tis time that to this massacre a sudden end should come. And 1 do hcteby give you, O tutks and turkerines, A recipe forycalltng off these melancholy scenes, Which, like a horrid pestilence, frequently have come To mar the perfect peace which belongs to turkeydom. Our safety lies in fasting. No appetite so keen As to relish bird anaemic, abnormally so lean That all its flesh js shrunken and all its flavor pasL Therefore, fellow victims, 1 proclaim a turkey fast I ' Tho schools, churches, tho towns-! people nnd tho stranger within tho gates of the city will unite in tho proper obsorvniieo of Thanksgiving day, that festival peculiarly Amon caii, nnd which is observed in moro i difforent ways, nccording to tho lm mor or belief of tlio colobrator, than is oven the iintionnl holiday, tho Fourth of July, From cburcli serv- . t i n. ii ii il. ices m tlio morning lou.ooiuau in uiu afternoon, and thou 'to tho climax f THANKSGIVING SERVICES the turkey dinner in tlio evening, tnej0t. day U such n festival as coiijil be mm ATmmr T bud in no otbor country but this. What tho pilgrim fathers would have thought of somo of tho menus tlicir descendants of Inter days havo adopted to show thoir thankfulness !s conjccturnblo, but it is snfo to say that if btoy could view a football M-rinuungo it wouldn't look much dif itront to thorn than some of their own encounters with the red men, ... w hi o thev wero "nenovtlently n 'filimnilotlnc" the children of tho for- "(Continued on pneo 8.)" OM OW ------- - 18 FITTINGLY OBSERVED School Children Holding Afternoon Devoted to Programs In Keep ing With Thanksgiving Spirit. In every classroom of tho city bchools this afternoon appropriate programs are being rendered, all la accord with the Thaniisgivlng day spirit. Many parents and friends of tho school children nro In attendance and tho real meaning of tlio day Is being brqught out In a vray calculat - ed to Instill In tho minds ot tho chll - uren some utea or mo many uungs rcsldonts of southern Oregon havo to be thankful fo,. For somo tlmo tho 'children have, been drlllod In the exercises and thoso attending tills aft ernoon will to In n,o senso disappoint ed. , In connection with the Thanfcsglv- '-c nrngr'tma tho children are aiding ident Taft. n tvo work of tlio ladlert of tlio Great-( The report Is divided Into two r Vfilford club In planting shado.nnrtH. The first deals with the charges trees upon tho strets of tho city. The I that Secretary Bellinger technically, benefits to bo derived from tho shado violated the law In handling tho Alas-! trees nro bolug brought out and tho , children nro aiding In no small way. J Tho programs In tho varlouu class rooms aro as fpllows: Tho following programs wero ar ranged In the Wnshlngto'i, or West '"j. First Primary. Song, "Soptomber," by school; rec itation, "Whlc'i I Llko Boat," Mario Walters, Dolllo nrumblo, Boatrlco Poo'l, Vesta Davenport, Chnrlotto Stnmmeryhrr:i: recitation, "Tommy's' Thanknglvlne Troubles," Clarenco Herbngo; recitation. "Plautlng a Tree." Claronco Horbano, Walton Henl' Trowbridge. Frnnkio Brandon, Lynn n Spragito. Charles iContlmied on pago S.) SEABOARD IS HANLEY CASE LASHED BY HEARD IN STORM COURT Great Damage Done to Shipping Many Lives Are Believed to Be Lost Ships Piled Up. DAMAGE WILL RUN INTO THE MILLIONS Meagre Reports Drifting in Are Adding to the Tale of De struction. (United Preen Leased Wlre. PLYMOUTH, Mas., Nov. 24. Lashed by the worst storm that has swept the New England coast for over a year, a big three-masted sehopner, name unknown, but which Is one of a fleot owned by the Gilbert Trans portation company, Is asnore on Ste venti flat in this harbor. The lives of the men who are on board the vessel are threatened. The schooner Is loaded with stone. Every boat In the harbor except t,wjj.has been piled on the beach by trjetorm and some of these have Wrojn .all. along the coast meager reporgre dVlttlng In f 8 of 'gx 0F WILLINGNESS j)amagto shipping. It Is estimated, SHOWN IN COAL CASES that itkaTcpst will run Into the mil-, Honp lanaahat many lives have been (United press Leased Wire.) lost. . ; SEATTLE, Wn&h., Nov. 24. The proceedings in the Cunningham coal PORTLAND, Me., Nov. 24. The hearing here has disclosed indications two-masted schooner PInkey, blown 0f n willingness on the part of tho ashore In this harbor by the force of the storm which Is sweeping the New ! England coast. Is being battered to ... . .1. I Mi I pieces oj me suri una uuctuuuu. Many small craft are reported iwreckcM along the Maine coast. NOMINATING CONVENTION IS HELD IN GRANTS PASS GRANTS PASS. Or., Nov. 24. The electors of the repeetivo wards in Grants Pass held their nominating j conventions for the nomination of j candidates fo reouncilmon at the coming city election, last evening. Tho candidates are: First ward, J. E. Hair and J. L. Calvert ; second ward, J. T. Tuffs; third ward, W. E. Hair, and John Sauers; fourth ward, Wil-, Ham Huppins nnd R. L. Byrd, and also G. P. Jester. There was some confusion in the fourth nnd two dif-, ferent meetings were held. The gon- cral caucus comes on ' tonight, nnd from all appearances the candidates will be II. D. Norton nnd J. C. Smith. BALLINGER PREPARES VOLUMINOUS ANSWER l WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. Four i large onndles of documents comprise secretary uaumger s answers to , President Tnft's qupestion regarding the several phases In the Balllnger Plnchot controversy. After working nearly all night, Bal llnger's clerk3 finished the report to day and It Is understood that the doc uments are now In the hands of Pres- V eonl claims, and the scond Is de elmd to meet the charges that Bal linger hnd overthrown Roosevelt's conservation policies. TIGER FRIGHTENED BY NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY .t'.i,o.i press Lea1 YC' NEW YORK. Nov. 24. The Tam many Tiger Is a badly frightened an imal today following the announce- ment that District Attornoy-elect Whitman has chosen Frank Moss for his first assistant, Moso Is rcognlzed as a reformer nnd tho hope of tho liberals for an open town undor Jurgo Gnynor's ad- ministration has vanlshod. Judge Hanna Hears Case Argued and Takes Matter Under Ad visementEarly Decis ion Promised. CASE CERTAIN TO GO TO THE SUPREME COUHf City Will Carry It Up if It Loses Out, as Will Hanley, Should He -Fail to Win. The case of M. F. Hanley vs. tho city of Medford, a suit onjolnlns tho city' from entering upon his premises on Little Butte creek for tho pur pose of laying a gravity water main In accordance with a Judgment se cured by the city at a special session of the court, with Judce Coko pre siding, was heard In the circuit court Wednesday morning. Tho case was argued at length, Judge Hanna taking It under advisement and promising an j eariy decision. "When this decision Is filed the case can be carried to tho supreme court, as will bo done by either party should they loso. , . y nndoffice to facilitate the granting 1 0f the patents to clnimnnts and a seeming lnck of determination or 1 ' .1.. rvigor on prosecuting me eases. it developed that last summer, at tbe time the !and office was forcing Field Agent Glaus of tho, land de partment to .trial with tho case, Gln vi was demanding n field examina tion for the purpose of nscortaining the character of tho land of tho im provements thereon. Failing to con vince the laud office of this neces sity, Glnvi appealed to the forestry service. The forostry bureau inter vened, nsked for delay, nnd secured tune enough to make a hasty examin ation. WOMAN ARRIVES TO MEET HUSBAND; FAILS TO FIND HIM Mrs. Strannghan of Sacramento with five nall children, arrived in j Medford Tuesday evening, where ha expected to meet her husband. So ) far, he has failed to show up. Sho ' is at the Hotel Nash nnd would ar 'predate any word regarding his. I whereabouts. CHICAGO ATTORNEY IS NAMED FOR M'HURG'S JOB. flnH Tribune Special Service.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. Uonja- mln S. Cable, a Chicago attornoy, has. been appointed assistant secretary of: commerce and labor to succeed Cros- by McHarg. ' FOR THANKSGIVING Occasional Showers Are on the Pro gram for Tonight and Tomorrow. Twenty ono-hundredths of an ineji of rain foil Tuesday evening before! midnight, and showers nro stilPcom ing. The prediction today is for showors tonight nnd Thursday, The total for tho storm is over seven inches. Rogue rivor is falling and m further damage along its banks is evpocted.