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CttV Wa Watch for the Homeseekers' Edition of the Medford Mail Tribune to be published Sunday, January 2 Unllts! IV'hm AmmocIuIJoii, Full IiTaikmI Wirt) Itrport Tlio only paper In tlio world publlMhod In n city tlio alxo of Mod ford having n leaned wlro. Medford Mail Tribune THK WTJATJIKH, Tonight and Snturdny Ilnin. Thursday high, 64; iow, 30; range, 40; Iraoo. hWRTH VI? A l, MEDFOKI), OM3CION, FRIDAY r DECEMBER 31, 1909. No. 21!. CLOSE ONION RAILROADSTD MEETING'S COMBINE RESULT OFFICES Fruit Mon Hold Most Rep resentative Mooting Evor Oonvonod in Modford Committoo Appointed to Formulato Plana. On i! of tlin most roproaontntlvo gathering! of fruit growera ovor hold In ihe Rogue Rlvur valley waa that htdd nt tlio horticultural rooma In tlio HnHklnH building yesterday nftor noon. Thu meeting was called for tho purpoao of Inaugurating a movement toward creating a union of all tho fruit growera of Uoguo ltlvor valley, Irroapectlvo of location, covering tho wholo fruit growing territory from tho Siaklyoua to tlio gorge of tho Rogue, and roprwwntntlvoa from ov ry section woro present. Thorn was no dolmto upon tho qiitiHtlon of tho noceaalty of auch nn organization, hut thoro woro a num her of addroasva upon tho main point and other subjects, all of which woro full of Information for tho fruit grower, whothor votornn or novlco. Profeasor O'Oara waa t ho first apookor nnd told of tho work which had boon accomplished hy tho orniu;o nnd lomon growera of California In thla respect and tho aid which had boon given tho aouthorn California growera hy tho Kovornment. "Hocniiao thoy asked for It," aald Mr. O'Oara, "and tho fact that I nm hero aa a reproaontatlvo of tho dopnrtmont of agriculture ahowa what enn ho dono hy asking. Tho 'orange nnd lomon growera o( California got tho beat prlco going through their orgnnlzza tlon, and you pooplo should ho got- tint: vory tlrod of having tho main profit of your labor and Inveatinonta reaped by curhatono brokora on tho other end of thn lino." George A. Hamilton, ono of tho prominent fruit Krowoni of Joseph ine waa In favor of n union of tho fruit growora of tho wholo vnlloy, Ho thought tho fruit hualneaa should ho tnkon out of tho lunula of tho com mlHHlon men. In hla oxporleuco ho had found that tho grower received tho commission nnd tho other follow got tho roat. If you kicked, tho noxt Hhlpmeiit would glvo you no returns whatever, hut you would havo tho prlvllogo of paying tho freight. Mr. Hamilton bolloved In organizing and so plodgod hlniRolf, and tho fruit growers of Joeophlno. D, T. Lonnlugor of tho Ashlnnd Fruit nHHoelatlon wuh not prepared to talk, hut was heartily In favor of organization, G. H. Bnoll of Ashland thought or ganization waa n good thing for npplo and pear men, thut did not boo how growers of small fruits nnd borrlos would ho heuofltod, A. U. Parsons of Qrauta Pass .bought berries and peuchen mora at tho morey of tho commlsalon donl. era tlinn othor fruits, as thoy could (Contlnuod on pa no 8,) ROBBERS MEET WITH OKLAHOMA CITY, Okln., Dec. 31. Ono robber wuh Instantly killed, a h. com! fatally wounded and n third escaped early today whoa tho Okla homa city police frustrated nn nt tompt to rob tho Btnto bank nt Har rnh, a small town oast of horo, Tho doad robbor was Idontltlod na Frank Qulgga of Knuana City, nnd tho wounded man gnvo tho nnmo of Frank Onrpontor. OfflcorB hero who discovered tho plot to rob tho bank hurrlod to Hnrrnh last night, Thoy couconlod thomsolvos noar tho hank nnd wnltod. Mnrly today tho throo mon npponrod; nnd tho pollco ordor od thorn to Btirrondor, Tho. men fled nnd tiio pollco fired, killing Qulggs and fatally wounding Cnrpontor. Pacific & Eastern Business Will Bo Transacted at the Southorn Pacific Depot, Boginning With Tomorrow Morning, January 1. Tho Pacific & Kastern haa complet ed arrangements with tho Southern Pacific for the establishment of n joint agency and commiiclng with Snturdny morning, Jnnunry 1, It will ho posslhlo to transact all bualnoaa with tho Pnclfc & Kaatern nt tho Southern Pacific depot, Tickets may bo purchased, frolght ahlpped and all JtiMt aa If tho Pacific & Eoatern waa a Southern Pacific lino. All locnl freight, paasengcr and haggago bus Inean will bo handled at tho dopot. A. S. noHcnhnum, tho loeni Southorn Pacific agent for tho Pacific & Hast en, and hl forco will assist In ban- filing tho Pacific & Kaatern business, More .Men rsreoou. Tho work on tho extension of tho Pacific A Kaatern la rapidly pro grossing. Chief Kngluocr Gorlg states that tho worst handicap la lack of mon, COO being needed now. Tho lino botwoon Englo Point and this city hna all beou ballasted to n point within two miles of Medford, and tho road la In much bettor ahnpo than ovor before. NEW COMPANY TO HANDLE LAND FORMED Company Capitalized at $200,000 Is Incorporated to Deal In Rogue River Valley Lands. Tho Roguo Hlvor Orchards com pany, capitalized nt 1200,000, with offices at Kansna City", Portland and Merlin, la tho latest ayndlcato to un dortako tho clearing, planting and vnlo of small tracts of tho Koguo Rlv cr valley. Tho Incorporators of tho company nro W. T. Rood nnd T. K. Iloed of Kansas City, V. F. Williams and S. D, Wllllama of Portland and W, H, Sherman of Qrauta Pass. Tho company has mado an Initial purchnso of 5000 acres of land near Merlin, Tho land la now bolng eloar ed nnd 100 ncrcif of It will bo plnntod to fruit HiIh year nnd 1 COO noxt year. ALBERT KICKS OUT RRUSSKLS, Deo. 31. -An nuthorl latlvo nnd official announcement was mndo horo today to tho effect that King Albort had accepted tho reslg nntlon of tho ontlro civil nnd military staffa of tho Into King Leopold, In cluding Ilnron Wnhls, governor gon oral of tho nolglan Congo, This ac tion Ib nccoptod m n preliminary atop to stumping out tho old roglmo in tho Congo and tlio ending of repent ed abuses thore. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DISCUSS RECENT STRIKE WASHINGTON, Doo. 31. H. 11. Porham In chnrgo of tho railway division of tho Amorlcnn Fodorntlon of Labor, today hold a long confer ence with IntorBtuto Cmnmorco Com mlBslonor Knnpp and Labor Commls Blouor Nelll for tho purposo of bring ing about nn adjustment of tho dis pute botwoon tho striking awltchmon and tho northwoatorn roads, Following tho conforonco, which lasted for throo hours, It was nn- nouncd that no settlement had boon effected, FRANK B. KELLOGG, NEMESIS OF TRUSTS, SOON TO SPRING A SENSATIONAL SUIT. Washington la stirred over rumors that nt least one aentatlonal .trust exposure la being prepared by the govern ment's legal department. Frank It. Kellogg, the Mlnnesotau who fought the Standard Oil company to a standstill, Is nt the caplinl and has been working steadily for several weeks preparing an action that the wise ones say will rival thu light against the oil trust. It la known that tho sugar trust and the telephone nnd telegraph merger are under consideration In the attorney general's otllce, but those who profess to know will not disclose whether Mr. Kellogg In engaged In these ensea or la Investigating some other gigantic commercial organization with a view to be ginning proceeding. Tho prominence gnlned by Mr. Kellogg In tils anti trust fight prompts his friends to put him fnrwnni mi h cMmtlrinlo for United States ocnator to auccced Senator Claop of Minnesota, whose term expires In 1011. CRATER LAKE CASE UP JAN. 1 ATTORNEYREAMES IS SO NOTIFIED;;, Tho Crater Lako road caso has boon act for hearing In tho eupromo court on January 12, 1910, at 10 o'clock a. m. Attorney Clnrenco L. Heamea was bo notified Friday. Tho Crater road caso Is most Im portant to southern Oregon nnd to tho atato nt largo. Tho recent logla laturo appropriated S100.000 to aid In Its construction. Later ono Mc Mnhan, a cheap attomoy in Snlom, developed a had grouch nnd in tho nnmo of n taxpnyor in enstorn Ore gon brought suit nnd enjoined tho 8tnto from oxpoudlng th0 money, claiming such nn appropriation la un constitutional. Tho suit waa won by McMnhnn In tho circuit court nnd was tlmmedatoly appealed. It will now ho Bottled In tho auprom0 court. SEEMS NO HOPE OF PARDON OF NIGKELL All offorta appear hopeless to bo- curo n pardon for Charles NIckolI, tho formor Jacksonvlllo and Medford nowspapor man, now Borvlng a four yenr term of Imprisonment na tho result of his conviction In tho United States court at Portland of 'conspir acy in laud frauds. Sonntor Uourno, looking aftor tho mattor nt tho ro quoat of NIckoll'B frlonds. hntf beou notltlod by tho department of Juatlco that uulosa roaaons for NlckoU'a pnr don additional to thoso upon which tho prosldont has horotoforo rofuaod to grant It ahull bo advnncod tho ap plication cannot again bo called to tho presldont'B attention. Splendid Flight Made. PAUE, Frnnco, Doo. 31. Paul rispndir todny flow ovor this city for hnlf nn Itour in n Wright In ane. ITo wns nooompunioil liy Cuunt rnlinski as a pnssanKor. r' : IN EFFECT JAN. I f A now tinio tablo on ho ' Southern Fncific goes into effect tomorrow. Only two changes nro made here. No. 12, tho Shnstn Limited, will go north nt2:3G n. m. intend of 0:27 n. m. nnd No. 10, tho Ashlnnd locnl, rocs south nt 11:22 p. m. instead of 11:43 4 u. m. JUDGE SILAS J. DAY, CLOSES USEFUL CAREER and Respected Pioneer Passes Old .Away at His Home In -.-Jcksonville Lived There SIllCO 1852. ' " With the pnssinc; of Judge Silns J. Dny of Jacksonville, who died nt his homo in Jacksonville, another vu- ennoy has been mndo in tho fast thin- nine; ranks of tho pioneers of tho Pn- 1 eitio const, and besides one of tho men who holped to mnko OreRon his- torv hns gone to his rownrtl. Judgo Dnv wns ono of that littlo hand of indominitnhlo mon who hrnved tlto daiifrors of tho six months' journey across the plains in tho enrly fifties nnd who finally sottled down niul holnml eronto n cront common- wonlth in country then unknown nnd unexplored Htillt Courthouse. Judgo Dny was county judgo of Jackson county when tho prosont court houso wns oonstructed in 1883, .nnd it stnnds Mow a monumont to his memory in solidity nnd honest' of construction. Judgo Dny was n momhor of tho I. O. O. P. nnd Jmd passed through ho chairs in ovory branch of tho ordor. Ho has boon for many years tho soorotnry of tho Pioneers Associ ation of Southorn Orogon. ITo lon'03 n wifo nnd two childron, Mrs. Mnmio Dox, now in tho oast, nnd 13. M. Dny, who wns with him (Continued on rage S.) ASHLAND GROCER GIVEN U FINE ASHLAND, Or., Dec. 31. (Spec ial.) Tho second caso of tho state ,vb. H. P. Holmea was heard yeater- day before Recorder Eggleston. and a Jury, and resulted In conviction. Holmes was fined $50 and costs. His offense consisted in selling Hazel wood Creamery butter not properly labeled. It was really tho Hazclwood company, and not Holmes, that waa on trial, and it la understood that tho Portland concern will pay Holmes' fluo and coats of suit. Miilkry Wages "War. I District Attorney Mulkoy Is doter- mlnd to nforc th pur food law In this district and win vigorously pros- cuto every caso reported If tho ovl- denco Is sufficient to gain a hearing In court, bolloving that that Is tho only tcourso that will bring out the wen kpolnts In tho lnw, and educate "o masses to take enough Intereat 111 Blch matters to prevent in futuro io pnssngo of laws framed In auch n wn' ns to bb ea85" ot evasion, Grocera Want . lnvoMlgtion. T lca I?rocera aro ps anxious s nnyono to havo tho puV0 food law properly lntorproted In ordor that 1I10W wl,oro thoy stand, Tio: ro tired of bolng uaed by crenmorles to impose their .wares Pn l'"0"3. Tho crenmory that persists In putting doubtful labels on tho butter sent to Ashlnnd will quick- ly find that a community that will discipline homo ludustry for practic ing unscrupulous business methods, will n'ot hesltnto to refuso to patron ize a questionable- outsldo concern. RAILROAD CLIMS IT WAS . DEFRAUDED OF $600,00 MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 31. Tho fraudulent disposition ot freo trip passes has cost tho Great Northern railway upwards of SfiOO.000 In tho past four years, It la tillcgod, as tho result of an organized system sup posed to oxtond throughout tho west. Spoclnl Agent A. h, Ray haa boon working oh tho caso for the govorn mont for ovor a year, ZELAYA SAY! REPORTS WRONG Laughs at Report That He Plundered the Nicaraguan Treasury Says Stories Regarding Him Were All "Made-to-Order." MEXICO CITY, Mex., Dec. 31. "Americana havo been mlaled by bi ased rcporla and made-to-order ato-ric-a of tho alleged crimes and de falcations In Central America, but 1 feel that since I have been given an opportunity to atato my side of tho caso they will begin to understand the tru0 atato of affaire." Thla was tho statement mado to day by former President Zelaya of Nicaragua to tho United Press corre spondent. "While It Ib true, ho continued, "that I havo enemies In tho United States, I also have found friends. The latter firmly believe that no mat ter what faults may be found with my policy In governing Nicaragua, the action of Secretary Knox was far from proper from a diplomatic point of view." Zelaya laughed at tho story that ho had plundered the treasury and declared that he had paid the $50, 000 Emery claim out of his own pocket. Tho former president seems undisturbed by the rumors ot a plot to assassinate "him. A sub-secretary of foreign affairs today denied that Zelaya was a vir tual prisoner at tho Mexican capital. Ho stated that Zelaya was at liberty to go and come as he pleased. "Zelaya," aald the secretary, "may spend, millions, drink, talk, gamble, sleep and live In Mexico without fear of molestation aa long as ho care's to." WILL SPEED THE PARTING AND WELCOME THE NEW Tho coming of 1010 will bo duly nn dnppropriately welcomed by tho people of Medford. Watch parties will be held nt tho different churches nnd many private affairs of liko kind aro beinp; arranged. Tho hotels and restaurants have prepared to accommodate the cele brntors of tho passing of the old and tho coming of tho new year. Tho speeding of tho parting guest in tho shnpo of 1909 will bo celebrat ed, ns well ns tho coming of 1910. TO GIYE PERMANENT RELIEF CHERRY WIDOWS CHICAGO, Dec. 31. Plans aro bo lng made horo today by Earnest Dick nell, national director of tho Rod Cross socletv, for calling a mooting of tho Red Cross councils and tho oxo cutlvo commltteQ ot tho United Mlno Workers for tho purposo of giving pormnncnt relief to tho survivors of tho Chorry disaster. In replying to charges that tho Red Cross had not properly relieved suffering at Chorry, BIcknoll said that tho organization had spout near ly $200,000 and that tho families ot tho doad minors woro bolng carod for ovon bettor than their own broad wlunors could havo done. MAN THREATENS TO BLOW UP THE SENATE CHICAGO, Doo. 31. A lottor writ ton to a Chicago nowspapor stating that tho writor had only six months to live and that ho intondod to blow up tho United Stntos sennto with nitro-glycorino, caused tho fodornl oproativos and Chicago polteo to hur riedly search tho city todny. Tho lottor wns at first thought to ho a hoax, but it is now bolioved to havo boon from n sorious man who hns beon drivon .irrntionnl by though.s of death. OLD YEAR TO Sight Number of Watch Meetings Have Been Arranged for This Evening Will, How ever, Be Quietly Observed in Medford. "The King is dead, long live the King." Snch will bo the cry within n fow hours when 1009 passes out into tho night to make way for a brand new youngster another year of promise. The inocming year will bo hailed tho world over, in somo places quietly and in others madly, roitonsiy, tumult ously. In Mcdfoi J the greeting of tho now comer will bo quiet. A nnmbcr' of watch meetings will be held nnd tho leading cafes will be open until 1010 is here. Sitting by tho besido of a dying year nover was a sad rite, nnd tho annual porfornmnce seems to take on a livelier tono every time. Brenthinp; its last, in wheezy gasps, the waning year is forgiven for all the evils and! tribulations it brought, and thought ia given onlv of the plensnnt things with which its memory wil always be link ed. But tho dying year is really giv en scant attention for most of the siting-up solicitude is for the new year and in the natnre of a reception,, a glad, gay welcome, if yon please,, Tho girls nt the Nash grill intend' holding nn imitation Irish wako at that pooular resort tonight in their efforts to welcome the New Year in and thev assert that when it comes to making a noise they will bo, there with bells, and cowbells at that! $IIawrJWcdncs 1 FIELDER JONES MAY MANAGE QUAKERS CHICAGO, Dec. 31. -If "brother" Charllo Tatt Is willing to let Fielder Jones In on some of the stock of tho Philadelphia Nationals, which he pur chased yesterday, ho can probably got Jones to manage the Quaker team. At least this la the report current hero today following tho visit yes terday of Wlllard N. Jones of Port land, Or., a brother of tho former White Sox manager. Wlllard says that Fleldor Jones is prosperous, but atlll yearns for baso ball. Tho local fans bollovo that It Taft cannot get Johnny Kllng to mnn ago tho Philadelphia team, that a strong effort will bo mado to land Jones. POLICE SEARCHING FOR BOLD NEGRO BURGLAR SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31. Tho ontlr0 pollco forco Is searching to day for a negro burglar who at mid night entered tho room of Mrs. Bos slo Huntress at 1434 Turk stroot and, finding no money In tho room, bru tally attacked the woman. After binding and gngglug the woman and leaving hor half dead, the burglnr escaped. Sho was found un conscious In her room this morning by tho landlady. Mrs. Huntress was rushed to an hospital, where hor con dition Is said to bo critical. Tho woman separated from her husband somo tlmo ago and alnco then has boon working as n bookkeep er. AVIATOR MEETS WITH ACCIDENT NEAR PARIS MOURMELON LE GRANDE, Franco, Deo. 31. Tho life of Avia tor II. Bnordors wns probably saved today whon his biplane foil into a troo. Although tho nvintor escnpod unhurt his mnohino wns totally wrookod.