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THE MEDFORD MxVIL TRIBUNE, MICDFOKD. ORKC10N .MONDAY", KlOimUA UY M, 15)10. 1500 KILLED IN CHINESE RIOTS Foreign Drilled Soldiers Clash With , . Chinese Police City of Canton Closed to Foreigners. f CANTON, Chinn, Feb. 14. Fol lowing n riot during which it is esti mated that loOO men wen? killed or Avoundfed by a Chinese naval force which was landed to quell rioting the ml is closed today to foreigners. It will be reopened in two davs, when it is espeettod that the offi- cinls will no m control 01 wic suua-t tion again. Many Chinese fearing n. t7Pnpml nulbrenk. are fleeing to f- - - IIongkong. The riot had its origin in friction ; between the foreign drilled Chinese ' soldiers and the city police, which finally culminated in n series of , street fights yesterday in which the populace, joined. THE GREAT DIVIDE HERE THURSDAY NIGHT PLEASURE PARTY ON SOUND i HIT BY STEAMER; ONE DEAD TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 14. The steamer Celtic, outward bound at 31:45 last night, rammed the launch Arrow, which was cruisintr in the bay with a pleasure party of six young folks, and ns a result Arthur M Furhj a bridge contractor, aged 23. is missing and is supposed to have been drowned. Claude Harris. Clay ton Harris, Misses Lorettn Brown, "Ollie Keller and Gertrude Walker, the other members of the pleasure party, were all thrown into the water, but were rescued by the Celtic's crew. The launch was worth $2500. Air tight compartments saved it from sinking, although it was cut nearly in two when the steamer hit it. A searching party patrolled the bay throughout the night for Fuhr's body, but without success. PRICES ON THE FARM AND IN THE CITY CAFE A North Dakota senator declared ina speech before the national senate the other day that a 4-year-old steer which n farmer of his state is com pelled to sell for $70 would sell for $2500 when retailed at senate res taurant steak prices. lie also al leges that a bushel of wheat, which brings the fanner nnd grower (10 scents, retails for $3 or $4 when rande into bread and sold at 5 cents a loaf. and at $37.50 when served in a good restaurant. Potatoes worth 30 cents a bushel in his state bring an ad vance of 450 per cent when served 'hashed brown" in a fashionable eat ing place. Consequently the city re3 idents should not believe thnt the farmers and producers are getting the velvet in this matter of the cost of bring high. DRAWS LESSON FROM BQOSTERSOF MEDFORD Corvallls Paper Says Medford Is Be ing Built by Faith, Optimism and Disposition to Dare. Hotel Arrivals. At the Nash Wm. A. Sumner. Jr.. Modoc Orachard; W. Reasoner, Oma ha; R. II. Nichols. Council Bluffs, la.; P. A. Borchert, San Francisco; C. S. Harrison, San Francisco; Geo. P. Nims, Seven Oaks; John J. Burke-, New York; E. T. Lumly, New York; H. Croffleld, New York; Mr. nnd Mrs, A. Q. Buck, Baltimore, Md.; Mr., and Mrs. Chas. B. Handford, Washington, .D. C; Mrs. J. w. Bennett, Washing ton, D. C; J. B. Phlpps, Portland; J. N. McLean, Butte, Montana; J. A. Lane, New York; W. II. Trcece, Port land; A. Morrison, Portland; J. C. Altken, Woodvllle; A. Spencer, San Francisco; P. H. Carr, Portland; W. J. Lloyd, Seattle; W. Baxter, Chicago; C. C. Springer, Portland; O. W. Llb hery, Portland; F. A. Chlnnock. "Portland. At the Mooro J. E. DoWolfo and wife, Michigan City; V. II, Hallene, Portland; C. A. Manuel, Portland; M. Ernstren, Portland; Geo. P. Riddle and wife. Grants Pass; L. L. JeweJlJ aud wife, Grants PaBs; W. J. AuBtln, ,Jr., Now York; W. J. Austin. Sr., Now York; LIda Evansten, Now York; Clara L. Austin, Now York; Chas. C. Fetes, Portland; J. M. McLea, Butte, Montana; J. II. Byorly, Ardock, N. D.; S. H. Blackslear, Portland; E. T. Wear, Portland; S. I. Wilson, Living ston, Montana; Frank Hell and wlfd. Portland; Capt. J. I. Roynolds and wife, Portland; M. Anderson, San Francisco; W. M. Sturnos,. Chicago; W. P, Grey, San Francisco. Under the caption, "Medford, the Queen of Southern Oregon, and Why She la 'If " the Dally Gazette-Times of Corvallis, Or., publishes the fol lowing article: Medford Is no longer a town; It Is a real city with a reasonable prospect of surpassing Chicago and Eugene at an early date. When a town la so far along that smoking In the dining room is the rule rather than the ex ception, and no .ban la placed on the cigarette, nothing can stop it all the mossbackism this side of glory suddenly centered there would not even check the onward rush. Med- ford has reached ' this stage of de velopment, has hit this very warm pace, and the residents there now think only In six figures. The man who has $2.50 worth of stock In an orchard company is counting his riches in the hundreds of thousands, and boosters Insist that they arc con- Is so consplclous that a clodhopper from tho Willamette, where few have had faith enough to build decent structures, must needs fall down and worship. And with Medford's materi al growth has como a continued growth of optimism, and tho most op timistic of the all are some of the rank old mossbacks whom the live wires hnmmered at until they opened their eyes-to tho wondrous opportuni ty there, caught on and are now In the swim. The mossbacks who havo failed to catch the spirit and keep up with the procession are ridden ovor rough-shod, voted down and kicked out at every given opoprtunlty, and whether or .not this is exactly the right thing from a humanitarian standpoint, It is certain that tho antl mossback spirit Is converting Medford Into a modern little city with great prospectB of its population equaling the number of trees on tho hillsides about tho city. A very amusing story is told of ono ultra-conservative who lived in the heart of tho city. Ho was a well-known and highly respected gentleman with considerable means and quite an acreage In the city, When tho paving and other .Improve ments came along he opposed until he was overridden, and then he got mad and swore ho would leave tho town. He sold at a great advance and bought a country-seat far out, so ho thought. That was about two years ago, but already his resldonce Is becoming the heart of the host res THE AMENT DAM Southern Pacific Building Spur to Facilitate Unloading of Material , Ellas Ruud Is Engineer. sorvatlvo when thoy admit the possl blllty of Medford numbering 200,000 Idence district and the paving Is com- soul8 in 1920. Th capital of tho south-; ing to him Just tho same. He la now WILL SEND THEIR THANKS ON SILK TABLETS TOKYO, Feb, 14.--Tho Japancso business men who composed the hon orary trades committeo that visited the United States' last fall, will pre sent tho chamber of commerce of each American city visited with a beautiful Nishijin silk tablet, woven with an inscription of thanks, ao ,corfUnf to an announcement they made today. ern fruit paradise actually numbers anywhere from 6,000 to 8,000 people at the present time, not Inclusive of the crowds at the hotels NaBh and Moore, three-story structures so ever lastingly full of people that the sides are bulging out; but it Is the ever- Increasing numbers at tho city's hos- telrle8 that glvo Medford hope of reaching that 200,000. To accom modate guests at the two hotels nam ed, Tuesday night cots were placed In tho hallways and somo young men were hung up on the coat racks. Tho only thing that Is worrying Medford right now Is the question: "Where aro wo going to put 5,000 homeaeek ers who will como In on tho special colonist rates during March and Ap ril?" Two immense hotels are now being gotten undor way, but it will bo a year, almost, heforo they aro ready for occupancy, and at tho pres ent time all tho hotols and rooming houses aro filled. Medfordltea believe that the hosts aro coming and It looks Iko IU On Wednesday, and thoro was nothing doing, more people could bo seen on tho, Btrects thoro than one sees on a Portland street excopt when something special Is doing. It isn't possiblo that any proportion of Med fordltea are idlors, for there is plenty of work thoro, so most of these peo plo must be homeseokors and visitors to the city and tills heforo tho rates aro on. Medford looks good, it looks like business, and It Is business. Eight big, class A buildings aro In course of construction and ono noeds but to glvo casual Inspection to dis cover that sevoral of tho big buildings now in use aro but recontly finished, In fact the eutlro business section is new enough to be generally up-to-date and the absence of them real shacks almost a convert. But to get down to facts, devoid of enthusiasm, Medford has twelve blocks of business buildings, tho whole stretch better eappearing than the business section of either town south of Eugene. There Is one four story structure, several three stories and many first-class two story build ings. The streets aro wide and a mile or mora is paved and twelve miles aro ordered paved. Somo of this work 1b now under way. One thing In particular shows that Med ford Is a rebuilt town and that all tho southorn towns are being rebuilt that Is tho extension of tho sldo walks. Conservatism led tho council to order, originally, nine nnd ton-foot coment walks In the buslncKH districts and In all tho southern towns thoro Is tho evidence that these have been wldoned to twelvo and fourteon feot Medford has thce hanks with prac tically a total of $2,000,000. Tho two big hotelB would not ho dlBcrodltablo to Portland. Tho flro department Ib up-to-dato, with trained team nnd paid flro-flghtors. At tho west end of tho business section of Main atreot Is u beautiful and remarkably clean and well-kept park, slightly larger than a block. Practically all tho streets aro torn up either for tho pur poso of paving, cement walks, laying of water mains or sowers. Many la borers aro at work. A flno now sta tion Is to bo built by the Southern Pacific. Besides tho Saturday Re view, a sprightly weekly, Modforl has but ono paper, tho Dally Mill Trl buno, of which tho people aro 'unrdl natoly proud, Tho backoru of it aro losing money each month In nn effort to make It surpass tho Ongoul.n. George Putnam, tho editor, has done GRANTS PASS. Or.. Feb. 14. Receiver George E. Sanders is start ing to repair the Golden Drift dutn. Already a number of nion aud teams are at work running the sawmill nnd getting ready for more active worK, Arrangements arc being made to have a lioardiiiL' house for the men. The Southern Pacific is putting in a spur at the dam to facilitate the unload ing of material for rebuilding. Klihu Ituud has been engaged as engineer for the reconstruction of tho wing to the dnm. Mr. Sanders says the work will go forwnrd ns rapidly us possible from now on. Notice. L. V Larson of tho Medford Bak ery and H'llcateea ban piirchnsml the Interests of J. A. Hurch In tho same nnd alt outstanding accounts duo the firm are to bo mado payable to L. V. Larnen who uwnimoH all In debtednesu ugaltiHt the firm. L. V. LARSKN. 2S2 J. A. IIURCIl. Your wifo wnnts n Buick. 281 i WOULD iiAVE PHIPPS RACE AGAINST SMELL Rccnllcrs In Aslilnnd Aro Unnlilo tn Find n Lender Willing to Enter Rnco. HIILANI). Or., Ken. II.--A can. run of tho antl-Snoll forcon was hold Krliluy afternoon In th undertak ing imtloiM of II. C. Stock. The choice of tuootjug place will appeal to thorn with a HoiiHc, of "tho otoniul ntMom ' things," for what, more appropriate place could havo boon clionon for tho .iIIhi'UhxIou of a (toad lusuo than tho morgue, RopoituiH woro not Invited to bo ptcHont, and doom woro closed to all but tho oloct. Rut nuugiio inytt ciIok are any for clairvoyants tntico t! writer lx ahlo to give tho pulillo an Intcrcutlug piece of iiowh that otlutwlHo would have (hciimhI tin noticed. v iuoiig thoHo prctiont who aro de voting their llvim to tho dear pulillo wore tho following booster: K. 13. 1'hlpptt, original discoverer of the "uiaro'H noHt," den. I'aridow, O. 8. Ilutlor, A. S. HatucH, O. I.. Cunning ham, II. V. Stock, W. N. (irubb, Chun. HoHloy aud .lames l.owo. It was hopod that a onudldato could Iio.cIiom on to load tho fight against Mayor Sitoll, hut It developed thr.t ovcryono who had boon app: (inched had dxldc Htoppod aud tho nppoalH had fallen on donor! air. It. I'. Noll, tho limt man tackled, very Hounllily rofUHcd to be tho "gout." It wns a long-faced hunch of patriots that wended their way from the moiguo, aud pnimor by little dreumed that It was only a dead Ihnuo on tho cold itlub In tho lit tle back room that wan rertpouslhle for tho sorrow depleted on tholt faros. It Is oxpoctod thnt C. W. Hoot will bo pestered still further by the des perate "recallers" In nn effort to gel IiIh consent to allow his i-.nmo to bo lined, but It Is Improbable that ho will outer tho lima an many of hla sup porters In tho InHt race for mayor aro optioned to tho recall movement. If tho worst coutvri to tho wornt, It la hoped by many that either .Mr. I'hlppa or Mr. names, will make the rnco and strange to say, that hnpe U shared by oh! so many of Mayor! HuoU'h friends. CLAIRVOYANT, ' NO FAVORITE IN FIGHT POWELL AND MEMSIC I.OS ANGKIiMS, Cul., Feb. I I.--Willi the I'ighl between (leoigo Mem Hie mid Lew l'owull hut one day off, It begins to look iih (hough 1 1 lore will ho no favorite. Money is not being hot freely. The oilds aro oven, Mv cry fight fan has nu opinion us to the rohalito result of lliu liui-niund encounter. Hut when it eumes lo hacking it up with ronl coin of tho realm I hey foil to come through. Training was prnclieally conclud ed in both camps yoHlerday. It was a day of Inml work for Ihe fighter. Willi largo erowdH prcxeul lo hoc Iho hoys in the filial public workout, both bo.xed, skipped Iho rope and went through u number of evolutions for Ihe benefit of udiiiiring iiudieneeH, Powell boxed six lively rounds with Al lingers, Curly O'Connell and Sailor llnuxou. lie said lie weighed l!l." pounds. Kuud work was his por tion I m lay lo hung litm down !o woifht. MoiuhIo went five rounds wilh his Npnrriug minors, lie Is in fine form mid apparently has much moro confidence in him-elf than when he fneed Plcato recently. MEDFORD TIME TABLE. 4s 4-'4 ' yorllibo'iiTfd" No.'a Of Por t lmid"l.ocal777pi Fo 4" nTtin No. lnfOrognn Hxpresit. . . 5:24 p. in. No. 1 tll'ortlainl Kxpronn.j 8:30 p. m. ' South boii iut "1" NoTiriiCnllfornla Rxpron10:3ri a. m. No. 13!S. P. Kxpronn . . . . 3:32 p.m. No. 19Ashtnnd Local. .. .11:32 p. tn. lilfiinirJaikoTiivfife. Motor car loaves 8:ToiTnu Train leaves 1 10:46 n. m. Train leaven 3:35 p. m. rrnln leaven j 0:00 p. m. Motor enr loaves j 9:30 p. m. Jnckoiivfirr"o Meilfoni. Motor Icavca . . . 7:00 a.m. Train Ira vei 8:46 a, m. Train leaves .., 2:30p.m. Train loavon 4:30 p. m. Motor car leaven j 7:30 p.m. "PACIPIO KASTICItN HAIWAV. rTrCenvea .Medford T. 8:10 a. in. S'n. 3Loavds Medford . . . 3:00 p. m. s'o. 2'Arrlvon Modford ..(10:10 a. m. N'o. 4Arrlvea Medford . .j 6:00 p. tn. s'o. liArrlvon Englo Polntj 8:46 a. m. s'o. 3 1 Leaves Kaglo Polntj 9:06 a.m. s'o.3 Arrives ldiglo Polntj 3:45 p.m. o. 4I.otive Knglo Potntl 4:00 p.m. t Married. At tthc home of the officiating clergyman, He v. C. II. Iloxie, on the night of the l'Jth hint., F. W. Hurst aud Oeortrin Narvelle. great things In lambasting tho tnoto, backa and has tho people with htm, at least by word of mouth. But Medford has a host of boosters llko Putnam and Colvlg and Vostor-hind. CALIFORNIA THE MECCA FOR WINTER TOURISTS Its attractive seaside rcaorts, fatuous medical springs, magnificent tourlut hotels, picturesque scen ery, delightful climate, and opportunity for all kinds of outdoor pastime, such as hundred of miles of auto drives through orange groves and nlong ocean beach boulevards, mnko thin favored region The World's Greatest Winter Iteaort, reached via tho SHASTA ROUTE. anil "Itoad of it Tlioimund Woiiilont" SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. Low round trip rates aro In effect from nil points In tho Northwont, with long limit, stop-ovor privi leges nnd first-class accommodations. ' Medford to Los Angeles and Return, $47.50. With a final return limit of fix months, nnd stop-overs In olthor direction. ' First class, up-to-dato train with tho latest oqulpmoat, unexcolod dining enr servlco, and ovorythlng that goes to mnko tho trip pleasant. Attractive, Interesting nnd Inatructlvo lltoraturo tolling of tho famous winter resorts of California can bo had on application to any O. II. & N. or 8. P. Agont, or by writing to WM. Me.MUHHAY, Ciciicrnl PHcngcr Agent, PORTLAND, OltEOON HANDING .THE DEAL. h tho most satisfactory way of set tling your accounts. Even if ho for gots to record your paymont. tho check itself is u rccoipt for tho mon ey thoro iu no going back on, If you would avoid nil disputes nnd misun dorstnndings open nn account with THE FARMERS & FRUITGROW ERS' BANK. It is ovor so much more dignified to pay by chock nnywny. You Couldn't Head It Off With A Gatling Gun Medford will havo 25,000 people in 1912. The point is: the 30-aere tract we offer for a song adjoining townsite now, is tho snap of tho year. See us at once. We have two good business oppor tunities, THE ROGUE RIVER LAND COMPANY Fire Insurance No. 1 1 North Central Ave. Best Groceries At Prices Strictly in Keeping with the . Quality of Our Stock which is Unexcelled A Trial willConvince You Allen Reagan The Square Deal Grocers 0