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Historical Seetet nrfnon Mis v. "11- - ,, City nan S i.. MEDFORD SPENT $2,500,000 FOR BUILDINGS -URING 1909 - AND 1910 PROMISES TO SURPASS THIS AMAZING RECORD United IVVm Aoc!utloii, Full Ind Wlnt IUport Tlio only pnpur In tlio world nubJbitiod In a city tliu iilxo of Modford hnvlng n loniuid wlro, Medford Mail Tribun THE WEATHKR, Today nnd Monday Cloudy. Saturday cloudy; high, I t; low, 28; rnngo, 30. FOURTH YJQAB. MISDJTORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JAN CJAIIY 9, 1910. NO. 251. WHISLER IS SENT ON TO HINGTON Vi AS WILL FIGHT LA FEAN - BILL Representative of Local Fruit Grow ers Is Wired Two Hundred Dollars and 'Told to Proceed to Washing ton to Fight Apple Dill Now Be fore Congress. Disappointed by th notion of tlio Western Jobhern' convention In Denver yesterday. In endorsing tlio I IVan ap ple bill, now l) foro congress, tlio local fruit growers wired C. 11. Whlsler f;0O nml Inat ructlotiM to proceed to Wiudilng ton In order to oppose tlio menauro there. Mr. WtiUlcr Mi In Denver ns a rcpro nnntntlvn of tlm growers of thin section opposing tlio bill, tin wna J. A. Writer lunri. nnd now Mr. Whlalcr will ilo what lio ciiii In Washington. Ho enn linn up tlio Oregon nml Washington delegntlotia and by n concerted nttnek may bu nblo tO llfifl'll It. Tlio I. IVnn apple Idll In a in en mi re backed by tlio Jobbers of tlio east, nml provides for tlio creation of n standard box, nml grading of fruit In n way that would work ii great hardship on tlio grower of tlio northwest, aa tlio box provided for In tlio bill I ono not suited to thn apples grown In thin section. Hood Xlvtr Acta. HOOD ItlVKH. Or. Jan. . (Bpeclnl) Tlio nppln growers of thla-aectton ore taking steps to send tlielr delegation nt Denver on to Washington to protest! ngalnst tlm I.n. IVnn npplo bill. Thin notion follow tlio report Hint tlio western Jobber hnd endoraed tho bill. It la reported hero thnt the npplo growing sections of Washington will olio send on n strong delegation to lobby against tho passage f tho meaitiro. BIG FIGHT IS NOW ON TUP Dismissal of Plnchot by Taf t Means That Troublo Has but Bcgun- May Lend Impetus to the "Back From Elba1' Move Only Two of Roosevelt "Tennis Cabinet" Left. WASHINGTON, I). C, Jan. B.Glfford rinrhot, dismissed from offlco na chief forester of tho United Htatoa, cleaned out bin desk today, while hla frlcnda pol- lulled t heir trimly linmmera nnd thn I in prvKNlou everywhere la that the biggest rlKht In now on. With tho dismissal of PJnoliot. only two of tlio fnmoua Itooaovolt "tennla cabinet" remain In office, Lawrence C. Murray la atlll comptroller of tho cur rency nnd Herbert Knox Hrnlth remains In III ponltlon. After the official nxe had been whotted at Mix hourn of cabinet meeting, the of ficial hendii of I'lnchot, Associate For ester Trice, nnd Assistant Law Officer Hhnw of tho forestry bureau, were chop jMd off at n slnglo blow. Waa Wot Barprista. Tho frlenda of I'lnchot hero today any Ihut lio wna not surprised at tho result. They assert that ho belloved bin lotler to Henalor Dnlllver would reault In no other way. It wna looked on hero na & practical deflnnre, Plnchot's Intention throughout tho controveray with Secretary Ilalllnccr haa the reault of upholding the Itoosevelt pollclea and thnt Italllnger waa opposed to them. Raa But Started. With tho fluht having Kono to audi ex tremea. It la now conaldured practically certain that I'lnchot and hln adheronta wilt roiitlnuo tho atrugglc, and aoma of (Contfnuel'on page 8.) ' i -ir?iw K u. GUE35 I -ff MEl KJ YOURE BETTER -f5CRlBt r . 1 frffiz 5UB5CRI5E EgOODROAR 1 I TV fl r 'I'l.fil 1 1 Z III II- I IWII -tVi -V -. ar 1 l a aaBaS 1 f -f BrC 1 -U I i i .v.u."..i mw x.'i.ii.. .oil' i - -vvljtv aaaf-' -waaraaBBakt vaw 1 w i i I MtkYVWlVBial " HWI XiA IV SI'. . THaaa&. NjTHBBBBBBaaaaaUV I i v.Vv v ir'v m mi.i ii aa. ? . ,n v v -aaadiaBBkck. iwbuaB!aaBi i W -' W IL Vr 1 1 tr m.'SS, " -VaWMaaiaS.- "fcfcT FJ JAMES B. WOOD WITHDRAWS FROM RACE . .i i i INSURGENTS SCOIE OH CANNON For the First Time In Thirty-Two Years the Speaker of the House Is Over-Ridden Uncle Joe Cannon AjJmlts Letting the Reins Slip for an Instant. LAKE LOSES ERIEND IN PINCHOT Chief Forester Was Greatest Booster Crater Lake Ever Had In Wash ington His Removal Is Distinct Loss to the Interests of the World's Greatest Wonder. OA FAMINE IN CHICAGO Rich and Poor Alike Suffer From Intense Cold Result of Factories and Offices Down. Thousands Idle as the Closing CIIICAOO, Jan. 8. Rich nnd poor nllko nro Buffering from tlio cold today. Tho mnjjorlty of tho coal ynrda of tho city nro down td tholr lout bunker and there la little likelihood of fuel auppllea reaching CIiIchko for many daya. Tho condition oxlatlni; nmonir tho poor la pitiful nnd thoro enn bo no relief until clutrltablo oriranUntlona can acouro fuel from aouio eourco. Thouaonda of application for relief woro received by tho police today, but none wna forth- coming. Tho chaotic conditions of rail road schedule, duo to tlio storms and cold of tho last week ban tnado Impoaal bio tho transportation of coal from tlio mlnca. Thousands of men nro idlo as a result of tho closing down of factories nnd of' flea forces will bo reduced today until tho blK town buildings nro niratii heated. Tho school board reported today that tho public schools will bo closed In three dayn unless the fuel fnmlno la broken Htrlko la On nml Over Fifty Print HIiojih Aro HrniidliiK Afrnln't Donmnd for IIIkIut l'ny. l'OHTLAND, Or., Jnn. 8. Whllo for warders, finishers, and rule.ru' of local Job printing nhops holp tho ntrlklng blndory womoii nrrnngo dotalla of n rnammotli IjenolH entertainment nnd ball, tholr atrlko, following thnt of tho womon, hat) prnotlonlly tlo.d up tlio print ing business of I'ortland. Tho Immlnont atrlko of composltora nnd fvodora can only prolong n sorlouu situation, employ ing printers says. Kfforta to nrhltrnto tho differences of employcm and employed In local print ing offlcuH liavo fulled ho far. A can viimh of omployora undortnkon thla morn ing, resulted In u vote similar to that of ThurNdiiy'H mooting. Fifty Portlnnd print bhopH HtlU Ntiuid dutormlnodly to gother ngnliiHt thn denmndH of tho Jour noyinon for hlghor wiikoh. Ono,' tho I'n clflo rrlntliiK & Stationery Company, has already granted tho Inoronso anil h running full (lino. ICE STRONG AT GOLD RAY DAM For I-'Irot Timo Ic" Rtrong KiioukIi to Hoar n Miiu'h WdKlit nt flold liny. or tno nrst tlmo alnco tlio dam nt dold Itny waa conatruatod, Ico sufficient ly strong to bear a man up was formed on tho alack water nbovo tho dam tho first of thla week. Of course, audi conditions did not last long, but It was a llttlo bit out of tho ordinary. Tho river la muoh lower than ordi narily nt thla Honson, but plently of wa ter la oxpootod during tho aprlug nnd summer, na tho snow la nooumulntlng In tho high mountains. Twenty.stx Inches of snow fell nt Prospect during Decern-bor. .lOHKI'J INK COUNTY' TAX IS, 11 MILLS Tho county court for Josephlno county ImB mndo tho following tnx lovloa for , 1810, bused upon t valuation; Bohool purpoNOH, inoiuiiing por capita tax, high ' 1 Huimol nml nchool llhrnry luirposon, s Aliioiuj IIioho BpondliiK Now Ycnr'a1 iiiIUh: to cover atntn tax, 2 2-10 mills; III Sim FranolHco wits J, W. Ilondrlckfl , county tnx, general purposes, 2 S-10 of tlilH city, who roturnod lust ovo-, hiIIIh; road pmposuH, 3 mills; total ii n'lnt'. mills. ' j EIFERI HAS CLEAR FIELD, 3RD WARD WoimI Insiioh Stiitciiiciit Snylii Ho lU'llcivoM IW-st IntcrcNtd of City Denuuul the Hotviition of the Old Officers. f To the Editor. I horcby with draw na a candldato for tno offlco -f of councilman for tho Third ward. After consulting with my friends, I bellovo that this atop f will beat consorvo tho tntorcsts 4- of Medford. I look to the com- lng year na tho greatest In tho history of thla city In tho way f of growth, advancement and tho concomitant clvlo improvements f that go wltii tho samo, and I also regard tho present olty admlnla f tratlon na moat capable, honest f and efficient, and sincerely bo- f llovo our municipal progress will bo beat conserved by their roton- f tlon In offloe. 4- Thanking those -friends and f follow-cltliona who havo sup- f iortod my candidacy, I am, very f respectfully, J. 11. WOOD. f f-4- -f- f f Ily withdrawing from tho raco In tho Third ward in favor of W. W. Elfort. present Incumbent and enndtduto for ro- election. J. D. Wood han placed hlmaolf In line with tho great majority of tho citizens of tho city who favor tho reten tion of tho proaont officials during tho noxt two years, so thnt there will be no "swapping horses whllo crossing a (Continued on page f.) LOCAL SHRINERS HM BIG TIME Outlier In Ashland and Pitt Sovcntorn Candidates Across tho Hum Iiir Bands. IIKAVV QUAKKS DO GHILVT DAMAGK f f f -f- P.0 ME, Jan. 8. Two heavy cnrlliQiiakes were felt todayat Qallnln, In tho province of Ca Inbrla. Great damago was done and It Is feared that many Uvea wcro lost. Details are lacking, aa all communication has been broken. LIGHT THROWN DN NEWAMENDMENTS WASHINGTON. D. C Jan. 8. The Insurgents are pleased today over the wallopplng they gave Cannon In taking from him the power to appoint the com mittee to investigate the Interior de partment, but protest that they are still loyal to the "Taf t" party when the party Is right Friends of Cannon admit that ho lost the reins when it was decided that the Invcatlgating committee shall bechosen through tho election of its members by the house. While they concede that this was a severe Jolt, they declare it will not happen again, and say that the "per sonal equation" entered into the ques tion aa friends of Chief Forester Plnchot held tno balance of power. The insurgents "today say that the "personal equation" will enter to a great degree into the lights that will be made against Cannon In tho next session. Both sides are lining up their forces as this first real victory over Cannon has put a somewhat new light upon the situation. Following the tense events of-fyester day, culminating in the dismissal of Plnchot. it is expected that the fight will develop rapidly. It is said here today that the demo crats who heretofore have usually voted with the republican machine in tho house, have reached an understanding with tho Insurgents, which was responsi ble for the defeat of Cannon yesterday. iiKEPLAiTf SOLD EOR $50,000 Southern Men Purchase Old Sam Van Dyko Place Sold Two Years Ago for 23,000. .Major Canon Issues Statement lle- KiirdliiR the. Various Slens ures to IJo Voted on Next Tuesday. (Continued oa page (.) In tho removal of Chief Forester Plnchot from his offlco by President Taft. Crater Lake has lost its enter booster In governmental circles ln Washington. For several years Mr. Plnchot has been Interested In'' tho lake and has in many ways lent his influ ence to movements which tended to mako the lako a better advertised and more accessible attraction. He has been ac tive in many ways, especially so during the recent trip of Will G. Steel to Wash ington to urge governmental nld In making the lake accessible. "I consider Forester Plnchot the staunchest friend Crater Lake has in Washington," stated Mr. Steel, upon t)la return from the cast last summer, "and as long as he retains his office, I know that we can count on all of the assist ance it is in his power to give." And bo, through his removal of Plnchot, President Taft. though uncon sciously, has struck a hard blow at tho greatest natural wonder of the world, and one that will be felt by Southern Oregon. Perkins Improves. WASHINGTON". D. C Jan. 8. United States Senator George C Perkins, of California, who was injured Thursday in a fall on an icy pavement, passed a com fortable night. Ills physician declared that he was much Improved. PAISLEY. OR.. IS AOANDONE J. R. Pepper, a banker of Memphis, Tona, and Edmund Taylor, a wholesalo dealer of Greenville, Go., have purchased tho old San Van Dyko place, next to Gore's, south of Medford, paying BO;000, Two years ago the place was sold to Frank Wortmnn for IJ5.000. The placo consists of 160 acres, of which 30 acres Is in fruit. Five acres Is In' Dartlotts. Mr. Wortman will re main for some tlmo on tho place to care for It hijF GLAVIS SAYS HE IS TO "SHOW 'EM UP" Former Special Land 'Af?ent Located Near Whlto Sainton Starts Soon to Washington. ARIIIiAND, Or., Jan. 8, For tho past two days pilgrims havo boon arriving on ovory trnln en routo to tho Mystlo Shrine to attend tho third semi-annual 'Ceremonial" of Illllah Toinplo, hold In this ol(y tonight. Nobles from all ovor thlH state and nortliciui California woro present to witness tho upootnolo of Hovonteon aspiring nnd porsplriug can didates, hot-footing across tho burning sands of tlio desert. Tho third floor of tho Elks' toinplo was ongaged for tlio occasion, nnd from tlio oluhornto prep arations, It was ovldont that tho event wns n moinornbla ono. POItTLAND. Or., Jan. 8. After nn oxcttfng chnso that lasted all day a cor respondent of tho Orogon Journal located G. I.. Glavls, former special land agent, whose charges have played a prominent part in tho Balllngor-Plnchot contro versy, at n ranch 15 miles outsldo of Whlto Salmon. "I am not surprised," said Glavls, when told of Plnohot's removal, "and I expect to go east in threo days. Plnchot knows whnt he Is doing and tho Polllver lottcr means that ho has taken It upon himself to forco tho Issuo. "I will tell congross boiuo things that will surprise them. I stand Just whero I did when I stnrtod out, nnd I'll mako good nnd so will rinchot." PAISLEY. Or.. Jan. 8. (By courier to, xero weatlw tho record' cold In this Lakevlew) Terror stricken families are .octlonautrmentfi.i th I i.m i h their homes In this town. . . . . Mayor W. IL Canon has prepared the following statement for tho citizens of Trrrnr.Sfrlnbim Cimllloc CIm EVnm Medford rerardlnir m nmrtm-,. . I " "" 'U"S" J ..ua...M ui be voted on next Tueday: rent Townslte Is Dannerouslv Situated Town Thn nrrtrstsa1 Yi n a I which aro to bo voted on next Tuesday Will ProbablV Be Moved. cru irumeu ay mo city attorney under tno direction of the council to meet what seemed to them to be needs of tho city. It la felt by all tho members of tho city council, as well as tho writer. that It would be unfortunato If any of these amendments wcro to fall of pass age, and It Is for this reason that I desire to briefly Bet forth. tho reasons why they should receive tho support of tno voters or the city. Foliee Court The first charter amendment provides for a city court, of which tho mayor is to bo the Judge Herotoforo this work has been dono by tho recorder. The work of tho re corder's office has been erowlnir so heavy, by reason of tho largo number of assessments for street improvements, water mains, sewers, etc., which must be entered, collections on which must be noted and accounted for, that It seemed wise to rellavo the recorder of tho police Judgo work and to put It on tho mayor's shoulders. To meet tho possible contingency that the pcoplo of tho city might at sumo f ii film llrrtA wnnf nn ?- who would bo unwilling to look after Porn,cr Mayr of c,cnK Ur8CS In- stirgents nnd Democrats to Stand abandoning preparatory to establishing residence elsewhere An unexpected drop in tho temperature has choked tho channel of tho Chewaucan river and tho diverted waters aro rushing down tho canyon upon Paisley, partly inundating the town. It was thought all danger was past as tho weather had begun to moderate and tho high waters In the Chewaucan Chewaucan and has deflected the stream Into a courso that crosses the townslte. Ice forming rapidly and this adds to tho gravity of the situation. Since tho unparalleled weather condi tions that havo prevailed here for the past week. It Is the concensus of opinion that Paisley's townsttu Is dangerously situated. Whllo the name o Paisley will be retained, the town will In all had begun to subside. Twelve below probability be moved to a safer site. E FLAYS TAFT IN FERVENT SPEECH (Continued on .page 4.) FINAL ORGANIZATION POSTPONED A WEEK .Shoulder to Shoulder. Committed Not Ready to Report, so Organization of Medford Athletic Club Has Ilcen Postponed. Cniiiion's Partner Killed. MEMPHIS'. Tenn., Jnn. S. David A. Smith, of Danville, III., was struck by n locomotive hero today nnd kflled, Smith Is reported to lmvo been a partnor of Sponltor Cttmion' Owing to tho fnot that the committee appointed to draft n constitution and by laws for tho Medford Athletla Club wore unablo to report fully, having sont for copies of clubs already organized nnd not having received them, the perma nent organization of tho club was post poned until a later dato at tho meeting Friday night. Tho next meeting will bo hold the ovenlng of tho 11th, wlion a couplo of good bouts between local boxers will bo put on. JACKSON, Mich., Jan, 8. Former Mayor Dunne, of Chicago, in a speech at tho annual luncheon of the Jackson Socloty today, soundly flayed President Taft, his cabinet and the republican party and made a fervent appeal to In surgent republicans and democrats to stand shoulder to shouldor In the strug gle ho believes Is approaching. Dunne was scheduled to speak on the domocratlo position In regard to tho Payno-Aldrlch tariff. Ills romarks led to an attack upon President Tuft, whom ho charged with breaking his promises of tariff rovlslon downward. i Tho people, ho said, had hoped Taft SPECIAL AGENT IS ACCOSJDJF THEFT Letters of Attorney General Aro Stol. en and Published Special in. vestlgator Is Arrested. . - , NEW YOItK. Jaa 8. Thomas L, Riley, a special Investigator in the em ploy of tho Interstate commorce commis sion, was arrested today and charged with stealing lotters and documents fro mtho office of District Attorney Wlso. Tho papers alleged to havo been stolen include a letter written to Wlso by Attornoy General Wlckorsham, two let tors written by former Chief Consul Parsons, of the sugar trust, and much documentary evidence prepared for use In tho prosecution of tho sugar trust. Wlckersham's letter recently wn printed In the Cosmopolitan niagazlno. the interests of nrlvute eradicates nrn would select cabinet advisors whq had ' Involved, and who Is now under lnveatl honor and manhood nnough to advlso gation by congress, him to keop tho pledges ho hud mado) "Hitchcock, tho past-master of prac durlng tho campaign. Judgo their as- tlcal politics. tonlshmont, ho said, when tho following ' "Illinois Central" Dickinson nnd appointments woro mado: "Swell Canned Goods" MoVelgh, and ex- "Knox, tho handy man of tho steol cor-, democrat of most cxoluslvo, arlstooratlo Frd Stennott returned recently from i lalt Is his parents in Ashland. poratlon and other Pennsylvania monop ones. "Nagel, a Standard oil attorney. "Strict Construction" Bollinger, who believes in tho strict construction of every law against tho government whero and plutocratic predellotlon." Dunno further charged that th,0 re publican party sold Its policies and lead ership to tlio men and corporations who had contributed tho most generously'lo Its campaign funds. ' .