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Orfioon Historical Society City Hall Medford Mail Tribune FOURTH YEAR. MKOKORU, OUKCION, Tlll'H.SIH Y, VKJSWMtY 10, J!)10. No. 27fl. 10 flllll I III Id UNABLE 10 FIND BUILDING SITE Commercial Club Grants Bullillnn! Committee Further Extension of Time Before neporlliifi Builders ! Arc Asked to Submit Propositions. I Slgnor .loxeph VMolfl mill his "Multuin In I'nrvo" orchestra dtlli?bl. fully entertained member of the Coiumoroliil nljili Wednesday evening nit it tho basliicim hkhhIou with ii con iurt. whoso uumlwii comprised n- lections from the various chuwlcal mill eniiriV ofwrnM n well k the nn-1 until Urn arrival uf . Vlciwi'rtfflliWmi IMflknl. Tim liullilltiu ooiiiiiilttc. w purtoil throiiKh Mr OKi'iiliriiKK" thitl lloiy hud lavn iinall to nbtalti n till tor a hnlldliin' or miltntilo hall ror tho oluh. mid wtr Klvi'ii furlhur tliilo to Itivi'MtliNitf th project. ProHpoollTo lmlldiTH of liloidtM and ownirx ol nvallahlo rt'alty arl rt'uui'itod to mako tho ultili iiropoHltloiiH for both n xlto and tlio rental of a hall. Tho hill pri'mMiNNt h) .t A IVrry nnuu rrrr UUII tloiini nlm tin.l iiinliidlon of various Uunoo of tlio yardmen Intro, who nro!, " ' ",""lB Tho commute.- fit tuitions. dtormln ilnnt o tcmiMirlxv. bellev-l'" ' ' b! to glvo t.i.t any In Thtft" W mmdiiBr, in that tw uwaionfN Utility l tho Vv"r ",M "u,w nnu lw "m r,,","Hl " Plans Wb they the,' club, ami In Iho'aWHoncit of IboisoHliMiiont nf th question one wnvor !' other than ulatlng nraaM.ml I A M'..ul. rl.iint nrtHililiHl I nu..l l,.ir lu t....u ,u,llv ,.. ,1 ' "" """ "-' " "" "1" I1Pp.rllSli1,. UU, for inonoy pnld to Arthur Hooker for Whltoy of tho brotherhood atlondod ali4tlii: In tho pnrklriK mid npnck-:iho tonforonro and ctirrlod with him iut: of th" Troimon A tluihrlo nir of (tho wrltton authorization of tho train iploi that won tho Hw'pHtnkiii prize 1 men for tho ralllni; of an liiiiindlato at tho Hpoknne npido hhow wan ro-Ltrlko. Several tontutlvo eonferomfR ferred to the flnnnr.o coniiiltt.o to hav- boon hold at wjiloh tho domanilH tnko the matter up with tho partlen of tho men for Incroanod wnKoa wero r.oncrnwl. refutd orpoatedly. Th rallwaya of- The followlnK new moinberrt wri ferod to Miibmlt tho matter to a board olorted: Edwin J. White, A. Conro of arbitration and aiuoed to change Klero. Kmll Mohr, William Wlnkol, tho worl.lnn rnU for tho benefit of .1. M. I'hlppn, I). J. I: lleltiifi, J. I), tho moil. Tho offers wero refined by Hkluner. , the yardmen, who reelaro that their SLIGHT CLEW IS FORMED TO IDENTITY OF GIRL SAN KHANCISCO. Feb. 10. -Tlio eompnriKoli ol' liKliro n tlio walrh fomiil with tho ttkeletnn of the victim of Iho Mount TamiiliiitiH innnlur with tho-! in tlio record hook of Frank Waimky, jeweler, of Kurok i, (-'alii , pv tlio locnl police r. now olow to day. Wannkis reconl thouK thai on aoptombor 10, 1002, ".lnint-h .McKay" brought to him n Imlio' Seth TltomnH watch eorroKjwndim; willi t lie ono bolonpnt: to the tliunlerod cirl. WiuiHky'H books show, thul lie t paired tho watoh ami placed bin murk J089-W on, tho cnne. Thif mark i on Iho watoh of Iho uknown victim. AIho tho number of the cano of the watch !h "L'lrtl.t n," while Wi.i.Hky' book lloWH that number TAFT'S SCHEDULE FOR NEW LAWS AS REVISED Federal Incorporation, Postal Bank, Statehood, Railway Amend ment Prominent. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Violent opposition to the Postal Saving bnnkn bill wua again deinoiiHtrnied in tho Ponato this nftornoon. Senator . noybnru promiBed to tour Iho menu. tiro lo HhredH before it could reach a vole. I lo mud it propoKO to orouto a ureal omnoy lending trust under the government, controlled by thrco trus lees. Tie oonlondcd thai iniiHiniich u the fund under tlio bill wojihl roiieh fully Jf700.000.000 it would onablo tho trim teoH to dictuto tho rate of iutorcMl thrnughotit tho country. , "In other wohIh the goveijiment pnrpoROH to go into tho limning bunt neH," ho Raid, "and inlnnds lo fix tlio rnto of intercut at 3 1-4 per ceiil.1' Tie nsked what tho offoet would ho on incomoa dorivod from fund iu voKtnd fit fi nnd (1 por cent. "Should we." ho nuked, "so forgot our duly to tho widows nnd nrpbniiR wIioro funds nrn IhuR invcHlcd n to disturb the eurning onpnoity of thoir invost montfl?" ' i ITo dookirml that tho bill whnnld be dpnomiiinlpd "an not to eonrttihilo (lie irovQi'iiiMt'iu n eu'leiMion Ht'c'ey lll hllllki-." for d IS DELIVERED TO HEADS OE ROADS Officials of Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Armed With Written Authorization, Call Upon Railroad Officials and Urge Raise In Wages. CHICAGO, III.. Feb. 10,-- Armed with written nothorlnitlou to mil u ( strike nf railroad trainmen in n mo- tiinut'H notice, official nf tin llrnth itIioihI of Itnllwny Trainmen toiluy Hllllllllttwl Nil UltlllltttUIII to nfflnlnli I of I s railroad centering In Chliiwo. ' Ihan to tjio rnllronilri, Tho nwltrh nit'ii'arf ovi-nvholinlUKly In favor of i sirlldii. )t in roportud that tin- votol to Htrlk Mtood 3007 to 'Jl. It was iinnotiiirrod that an iiltlinatilin would bo pr)hnif(l to tho railway nfflrlnlH mat Sutnnliiy, hut tho apparent uu rout of tho inon forcod union loadi-rn' I to mnko n dnmnd for limnodlato Kt lloiiinnt. C'ommltti'OH rt'proiioiitliij; both sldoit lo'iran tholr conferonco at , 1 1 oVloi ktoday. Vl-Pr'hld'nt demandn reiiilro only one nuitwer by tho companion: that of a general ralv In wbkvi. HERE'S CHANCE GET PAVING DONE CHEAP Use Sagebrush Crushed to Pulp Is Said to Be Great Success in Northern Section. KKNNEWICK. Wash., Fob. 10. Sage bniHli, in recent yenrs iiitrgeit ed ns lutviiit commercial values for a number of iurpoep, is todav being put on nn entirely new uso, that of rondhtulding, nnd ho fnr ban proved a great buccorr. Lnst year tho Northern Pneifiu Irrigation com pany experimented by plnoing' sngo- briiHU in tho rond. It was found Unit it rondily crushed into a pulp and formed n perfect mat. By mixing with earth it became firm, and noinelosa and give.i promiRes of long wenr. So satisfactory wok tho Irial thnt Ibis spring miiny utiles of RngebniHh roadR n'ro being laid on the highhindn in thin vicinity. , DOMESTIC SCIENCE AUTHORITY DIES AT SEATTLE HOME SKATTLE. Wn.l... Pl, in. n, (Mary K. Orcm, who wn Iho first of jhor rox to bo ndmited In tho Now pork Modieal Society, author of "Food ProduotR of the World," a book now in iK fourth mlilion, form er prMidonl of the American Hoiiho- hold Foonomie Association, member of tlio Ameriean Medical As'ooinlioii, is dead horo today after n prolonged illnom. Dr. Oreeu was born in Mnch inn, . Y., AugiiHt 0, 18-M. Slio tuuglit Rchool in Michigan nt .14 and Intor attended Oborlin eollego. In 1808 Rho grndimtcd from tho Wom nn'fl JretHenl Collcgo in Philadelphia. Dr. Orcen wnn nppointcd to be ono of tho judgcR of food nt the World's Columbian Kxpopitioii and worked through n slv month Honsion with Professor Alwntor mid Pi-ofosHor Wilov. She delivered n worios of loo turi'H which woro later embodied m hor hook! -Sho won n high jilnco in hor profu sion nnd thn three tiniOR wnu eleoiod - 4(o (' lo tUr A ki-imc:'. "reilicnl - iatiiin ol' Aei'M'icn. ULTIMATUM )lt4 ('( If If I WMV t ItlMl Uf f lilt In- 1 COMPET ON SIGHT FOR RIGHT EOR GAS PLANT Pasadena Man Looking Over oLcal Flld and Many Submit Rgust for Franchise Council Has Matter Under Advisement for Time Being. TWI - from!., of another, i.ppl Ira Ion for a Kuh plant ranchlse ' In .Mi'ilfonl, anil It tony lie that from tin- MiMtiltlni; competition Unit the city am obtain a franchise more benefi cial hi tln city than tlio ouo nsked liy I5jmr (' JohiiHon. J. It. Ander oIhI j4MMUn Wmlnowlay .iIUtuooii and dlndlHKfd tho :ipillt:Htlon of .Mr. John won for h franrhlr.. Tiny Htlll have tho matlor iintlor advlti:mont aud aro iKlvIm; atlonllon to wan plnnt fran- (rhlHt'ii In nthi't it tt of th north- , wont. OCEANSIDE P0ST0FFICE LOOTED BY BURGLARS SAN DIKGO, Cnl,. Feb. 10. A HhorifrN poKfce and a detail of police led by Chief of Police Wilson are Hcouriiif, the bnek country in the vi cinity of Orcanndc, 42 miles north of her on the Snntn Ke railwas to day for postoffieo robborn who are reported to have dynamited the afe in tho porttoffiec nt that place Inst nljfht The robber failed to catcb a north bound train and are believed to have fled into the mountains with their loot, the exact amount of which 1ms not been determined. Contable Ilrior exchanged shot with the roblierw, but no one wn in jured. HONORABLE JAPS SHIP BAD FRUIT: California Growers Suffer at Hands of Japanese Who Falsely Label Boxes. STOCKTON, Cab, Fob. 10. Fol lowing the discovery that a number of Japanese fruit growers in tho San Joacquin arc causing serioiiH injury to tho Btnndnrd pet by the majority of growers by shipping fruit of low tpmhty, under Amoricnn names, grow ore, arc beng considered. It has been learned that carloads of fruit have been shipped from tho vnlloy by tho Japancsa undur fic titious names and that thoy wero nided by white mon to carry out tho decoption. Guide Trust Busted. YUMA, Ariz., Feb. 10. With tho opening of a froo Information bureau on tho Yuma Indian reservation hv tho reclamation sorvlco today, a "guldo trust" wan effectually "bust ed, ' On Marcji 1 tho reservation will ho thrown oporr for filing. A num. hor ot Yuma nlon, fnntlllnr with tho roborvatlon lnntlR had figured on reap ing a substantial harvest y gulldlngi Ing prospective land Bookers over tho reservation. A numbor had combln- ed. ronulng a virtual monopoly of guides, and had put thoir prices up to a highly prohibitive altitude. Trouble Over Printing AVASHINOTON. Fob. 10. That Justlco Wright of tho supremo court of tho District of Columbia Invaded tho. constitutional rights of congress by summoning tho mombors of tho Joint comiulttoo on printing to appear hoforo him to explain cortnln con tracts was tho declaration of a sona- tor today. A resolution was adopted In tho upper houso advising tho coinmlttoo- mon to Ignoro tho summons. If this lino of action Is followed, it Is ex pected tliiif tin InUMOKtlng idtunilou will aviso. t.t Ilaufii1.it.! ai.lirt In r nruil ! I COMMITTEE IS STILL AT WORK ON UNION PLANS, May Bp In Session for Another Day Decline to Give Out Information Until They Can Submit Plans to Frultfirowers for Ratification. Th enmaM,. of. ,5 fron a rf ,)f . , KJvw VHl, wo lutve In linnd the drawing of plans for the imorporatlon of tho Itoguo River fruitgrowers' union are still In HCfMon 'odfiy, and may rctnnln in FiHlon until Friday evonlnK. unlehu their work Id hooiut eomplotetl thin tlmo declines formation a to the are formulating, that tho work Is dldly and that a ' mam meeting will bo called of fruit growers for the purpose of ratifying their action. At that tlmo they will file a tompleto report. Tho committee plnn tho organiza tion of what will bo the most com prehensive organization of Itn kind In the United States with tho possi ble exception of the Citrus Fruitgrow ers' league of southern California, which has done so much for orange and lemon growers there. The or ganizatlon will bring about a uniform grado in fruit and Its pack ss well as ovcrfe distribution, thus prevent ing any overloading of tho market. It will alfo own and operate packing homes and pr-coo!lng plants. Mill Blows Up. BAY'CITY, Mick, Feb. 10. Six workmen were killed instantly today when the Princeling Huwmill at Crump, 18 milen northwest of tin city, blew up. Two received injuries that probably will be fatal aud a dozen others were perioiisdy hurt. AGE CANNOT QUENCH ! LOVE'S BRIGHT GLOW "Even In Our Ashes Live Their Wont ed Fires" Swain of 73 Asks . Uctnse to Wed Fair 53. Wednesday William K. Ingledue, who admitted that 73 summers and that many winters alpo marked tho spaa of his life on thla sphere, applied to County Cierk Coleman for a per mit to wed Mary Owing, agod &3. No "sighing swain" of tha twen ties could bavo been more pleased in receiving the permission of tho state ot Oregon to become all-in-all to his loved ouo than was this pros-i pectlvo groom, who was u cqod -lied lad when southern OreKon was a wil derness, peopled by a few hardy pion eers. Tho brldo and groom aro both resi dents of Evan 6Creek district and stand high in tho estimation of thoir neighbors. HUMBOLDT GETS SLICE OF RIVERS AND HARBOR MELON WASHINGTON. Fob. 10. Thnt the bill appropriating H.000,000 tor rlv- .1 1 ,!.. I , I - ported to tlm house lato this after - lU'UU 1VU9 JlUIUtUll'tl "i IllUIIIUUI Ul tho rivurs and harbors commission. Tho work of tho committee has boon completed nnd tho bill practically Is ready now for forwarding to tho houso,-' Among tho appropriations Is ono for $12,000 fta Humboldt harbor on tho northern Cnllfomlau coast. For a tlmo this Uoin was hold by tho coin mltteo with every Indication that It would bo rofusod. Representative En glebrlght of California npponrod bo foro tho body and oxplalnod thnt fail ure to socuro tho pnssngo of tho ap propriation by tho commltteo proba bly would moau't t loss of bis chaneo of being roturncito congress. Alex Kylo and O. W, Collins, who aro located In Colvlg Gulch opposite Rock Point, wero horo Monday show ing Mime cvy rich ore specla;en from thoir claluiH lu thnt dlutrtctr MM STARTS ON ARGUMENT FOR DEFENSE Eloquently Contends That Hermann Was Guiltless of Wrong and That Government's Own Evidence So Showed Him to Be. I'OItTI,AN'D, Or.. Fob. 10. John M. fSeurln delivered the first half of tho argument for the defense in the Dinger Hermann trial today, when ho reviewed tho testimony of the case aud contended eloquently that Her mann was gulltb' of wrong and thnt tho government's own evidence thow ed htm to he. Hi- closed hie argu ment a! noon and this afternoon Col onel Worthlngton will take up the argument and will perhaps finleh, by the hour of the afternoon adjourn ment. Prosecutor Hcney, as was expected, did not finish hl opening argument eMerdy afternoon, though tho court Leld its H"ss!on half an hour beyond tht. usual tlmo of adjournment, lly ngreement ho Is to be allowed to con clude bis opening statement after the ciuclunlon of Colonel Worthlngton's argument and before(. he begins to K'uri up his case. In his dlhcurslon yesterday be had only laid the foundation for the case he is prosecuting and bad Just reach ed that time alleged to be the be ginning of the conspiracy with the cieetlnp of Hermann, Mays and Mel drum in the of flee of the latter, when he wan shopped by the adjournment of the court. By the agreement that he be al lowed to conclude alter . Oelostl orthtugton'a argument- lw will have the advantage of having besxd th whole argument of the defense be fore beginning on hln opening proper. or his closing arguastmta. MONEY; POISONED Youny Man Attempts to Get Even on Aged Mother for Refusing to Give Him Money to Spend. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10. Charged with attempting to poison bis aged mother because she would not give him money to spond, John ITnmuv. beck, nn 18-year-old vouth is iri jail today. After a chase of several days of ficers apprehended the boy a tCol lege Grove. Two years ago the boy was sent to Whittier on the retpiest of his father who stated that the youth had been beating his mother. Six mouths ngo tho father died, and Mrs. Hnmushcok petitioned to bnve her son paroled so he could help her conduct a dairy ranch. Last week the youth demanded omney from her. She refused him. Later she drank a cup of coffee which ho hnd prepared for hor. A few minutes nf forward she began to suffer intense pain. She saved hor life by running into tho road wboro she 'was picked up unconscious later by neighbors and tnkon to a doctor. Investigation showed that fonnalde- Vnth dld wl die ilisnppcared while a phy sician was working to save his moth er's life. Surjar Fraud Trial On. NEW YORK. Fob. 10. Tho trial of Conrlcs Helke, secretary of tho Am erican Sugar Roflnlng company, who Is charged with complicity In a con spiracy to defraud tho government through fraudulent weighing or Im ported sugar at the Williamsburg docks, Js being held today In tho crim inal branch of tho federal circuit court. Would Exclude Aliens. WASHINGTON", T. C, Feb 10. Tho houso oommittoo on immigration today reported favorably tho losti- - Jn,nrvi, hitvodncf-d by Tfonnwntntivo Ff.'v ol' C iHfovi'i.i o eluding nil ali- iuns mt duiblo lor Mlizonship. RANGE CATTLE SLOWLY DYING OF STARVATION Hard Winter Still on and Every Ounce of Feed Around Prinevllle Is GoneHardest Winter In Many Years. POKTLAND, Or., Feb. 10, Cattle, on the ranges around Prinevllle aro dying from starvation owing to the hard winter through which they have been forced to go. The national for est service will this wuek endeavor to get some aid to tho cattloraen. Et ery ounce of feed to be had in that country has been used to fight off the rigors of the winter. The winter of 1909-10 has been tho hardest that tho cattlemen of central Oregon have had to go through In many years. In many places snow has been three feet deep on tho ground for several months. Every bit of grass Is covered up. Tho ranges privately owned in the bills of the country have been covered nil winter, yet up to this time the feed held in reserve for such emergencies has held out. Now, however, the last of this food is gono and the cattle owners aro eagerly trying to securetho neces sary food for their stock. A long distance call from Prine vllle to the national forest service was received yesterday begging the service to open to the cattlemen the Deschutes national forest. Many of the valleys through tho reserve aro clear of snow and It Is tho only re source for tho cattle. Realizing tho helplessness of tho cattlemen, the dis- trlpt fnratAr- nrtlnmil Mix. vnncA n ed. tt Is believed that several thou sand head of stock will be rushed tq this feeding place as fast as their wasted strength will permit. 'MERRY WIDOW" BECOMES BRIDE OF MADISON COREY KPOKAXE, Wash.. Feb. 10. Sur prising his most intimate friends, the "Merry Widow" becarao a bride last evening when Miss Mabel Wilbur, who has the title role in "The Merry Wid ow" comic opera company, was mar ried to Madison Corey, general man ager of nil the Henry W. Snvnge the atrical entrjirises. Three weeks ago Corey was in Vienna. Austria. Two weoks ago be wn in London. Then the couple, seperntod by thousands of miles of land and sen, decided by ru ble to terminate their engagement by immediate marringe, and Savage's ritrhthmid umn rushed to Spokane, the meeting place decided upon by steam ship and tram. AGAIN WIDE OPEN Gambling. Goes on Without Stint Barbary Coast May Be Next Place Opened by McCarthy. SAN FRANCISCO. Cab. Feb. 10.--"Tho Cousin from Seattle," "Tho Cou- Bin from Oaklund. Hie Easturn Relative' from Los Angoles and from Portland are bestirring thoir honor able solves in the local Chinatown, wboro tho rattlo of chips brings hap piness to the heart3 of tho faatan and plegow plnycrs. "Wolcomo to tho new and most il lustrious San Francisco brothors, end gamble your beads off" Is oideograph high sign given celestial visitors from ncross tho bay and from elscwhoro. Tho festivities of Chinatown spread Into the "Ilarbary Const" district last night aud word went through the dnnro halls that all night danclug and music i laying would bo permit ted after nest Sundny. The chlof of police, however, today denied that auy such plan was afoot. Discount Rate Lowered. LONDON, Feb. 10. The Rank of England today reduced tho discount rate to three per ceut, BERLIN. Feb. 10. Tho TruporirU Hunk of ticinmny today out the rnto of di-fouut to tour pur cent.