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THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, A0ID1?0KD, QKKUON, W.MDNKSDAV, iMAROIl L 1910. DESCRIBES TRAIN STALLED! SNOW Man Who Strunoletl Out From Des troyed Passenger Train Tells of His Harrowing Experience. MS GILBERT STILL LIVES Pioneer Lady Reported Dead Some Weeks Ago Very Much Alive and Is Rapidly Improving in Health. Butte Falls Items Wo have Loon receiving honvy rains, polutH. It won ti fast, excltlus pnino, tho mist fow days. A counlo of luchosw lloth teams illtl i;oml work. The olnli EVERETT, Wash., March 2. Jdo . Mrs. Deniso Gilbert, tho death of S. Itoccra, a real estate man, who whom was reported to have occurred with nine others struggled through J at her homestead in the Siskiyous tho snow from tho stalled Spokane ' several weeks nRO, is still in tho hmd train which was early yesterday Ao-M the liying, or was on February S3, troyed by an ava'.anoho at Welling- Under that date She writes to Miss ton. today told the following? story 'VlrRie Qaltwinkle of Medford that she of tho situation of tho stalled nasson-', s well and in good health. She had por train In which probably fifty Lccn tl0 wlK)rt the vallev papers persons word killed. I4l . . , , , . . , ... . T , , . , that sho was dead, but refuses to bo- "I left Soap Lako Just a week ago , ... by tho Great Northern. By tho tlmolievo lt: nnl .v 5,10 IS liv- wo reached the mountains the train cor. had about 150 passenRors aboard.. ifrs- Gilbert is the widow of, the About 6 o'clock Wednesday morning "" A; ullBtn' " "Mn" wnr VB'"-. nn, ana was one oi uie pioneers ot tne we were stopped at tho East Portal of the Cascade tunnel. We stayed there until Friday, getting our meals, two a day at a bunk-house. "On Friday night we left tho East Portal, and a few hous later an ava lenche wiped out the station and bunk house, killing two men. We pulled through the tunnel as far as Wellington, about a half mile be yound the west portal. Thiii Trains Stalled. ! "At Wellington thero are three , tracks. On the track nearest the . Complete Liquor mountain-side stood Superintendent ' O'Kell's private car, two box cars, j the engine and three of the electric motors used to haul trains through , the tunnel. On these cars were the superintendent, train crews and port valley. Her many friends here will be Rlad to know that the report of her death was an error. DECREASE IN THE MIHrKJF SALOONS License Statistics Given in Census Bureau Report Saloons Decerased 6 Per Cent. of snow fell Saturdny morning, the 2Cth, but soon disappeared. Frost Is out of the ground now and do not expect the snow to remnln with us long any more this season. The farmers have becun. to got ready for spring plowing. Mr. Hon Fredcnburg started to plowing this week. The right of way of the Pacific & Eastern has been cleared Into town, llrueh all burned and the snwlogs cut and rolled out ot the way. Every thing la all ready for the graders, tt Is reported that a grading camp of 200 mon will soon be established close to town and the work rushed to completion. Mr, Thompson of tho Thompson grading camp, located about three and one-half miles below town, reports work progressing rapidly, although under great Inconvenience. Ho says that camp No. 1 will have completed their work by May 1, and tho other camps will finish soon after. II. H. Harris Is pushing the work on the electric tram road from the milt to the Pacific & Eastern road at the edgo of town. The right of way has been clenred, some grading done and ties In place. The town Is to bo wired at an early date so as to glvo us etectrlc lights. The water work3 will bo completed as soon as the rands arc la shape so that the pipe can bo hauled In. We will have an ample supply for all pur poses for years to come of the finest drinking water that flows with a good pressure for flro purposes. Adams & Drlggs, our real estate will glvo a dunce on March 17, Par ticulars Inter, W. W.. Parker was down from his ranch Betting supplies from our mer chants. Ho reports high water up hlsjvay, with some of the, bridges Im passable. Druggjst ttrlggs has put In n pea nut roaster and sill supply his cuh toinors with hot peanuts horbnttor. Mr. Cook of ll.incherla bus gone to the valley for a tend of frolglit for Merchant Hrlgga. Mr. Cook Just re turned fnpu Modford with a load of goods for P. Hughes. He reports tho roads very bad, owing to the heavy hauling that has boon done this win ter. S. H. Clasplll Is making the sec ond trip this week t tho valley for supplies, It Is very expensive get ting merchandise In at thin time of year nnd takes four horses to do what two generally do nicely. Merchant Marcy reports business good and hard to keep supplied. Ira Tungate and Charles Edmon son "were at Eagle Point and Med NEW BANK EOR JOSEPHINE CO; Valley Savlnus Bank Incorporated at Grants Pass' Hewitt Behind the Institution. MOHAWK VALLEY DAMED BY HEAVY FLOODS UTICA, N. Y., March 2 Many small towns in the Molmwlc valley were badly damaged hy tho overt low of tho Mohawk river. Hosidonttt of the village of Herki mer, east of here, were rescued from the upper storks of their Iioumoh early today hy menus of boats, Heavy damage is reported from tho little town of lllon and also from Mohawk. Honvy Dninago hy Rain. WAHCO, Or., March J. Heavy diunitKo Iiiih Immio done to privtu and inuiili'ipal properly in Wiimoo hy flood omisud hy ihe excessive rains of the past few days and the ('hlncok which has melted the hiiow. No piisseiiKer trains or mail has reached here hIiico last Friday, ovln: to washouU on the Columbia Southern between ItigH and Grass Valley. OU A NTS PASS, Or., March 8. -Yesterday there was f llwl In the coun ty clerk's office at Grants Pass ar ticles of Incorporation ot the Vhlley Savings bank, The Incorporators , wore Seymour II. Holt, H. E, dale nnd Hobert, 0. Smith. The business of the corporation will bo the con ducting ot a savings bank and gen-; oral banking business In Grants Pass, ; Or. Mr. Hell, the moving spirit of ; tho matter, Is connected with tho ( Hewitt Laud company of Tacomn, Wash., and Is vice-president of the Hank ot Oregon of North Hend. ' The president ot the new hanking j Institution will be Henry Hewitt of' I Tacoina, Wash., who Is couneeted of vSic&raess I II 0 N E (I l 1 MEDFORD PHARMACY Nwir l'ost Olfioo All Night Sorvin Fioo Dolivory ----- v -. 4tfi4 ' llauaon. Tom Moffat Wo mulct anv kind and stvlo of wiihIowh. Wo currv glass of anv sizo on hand. Medford Sash & Door Co. with several banks In the northwest. .... i I f iv lt ulari rnmitiut tn li. Ihi. liin.nut rora tins week for supplies for their I , .. ' . . . i iuuiyiiiuhi uwuur in iiiuiicr iiiihim in the United State3. He Is also tho chief owner of tho St. Paul, and Tn respective places of business. Charlie has added butter, vggn, lhrd and smoked maqkorel and salted meats to his stock of fresh meat, which Is wol como news to this customers, as theso articles have been rather scarce hero of lato. Our new mill Is being pushed to completion, machinery Is being placed and everything Is moving smoothly under the management of Frank era. On the second track from tho!Per cen' Netherlnnd. The logging crow un ilo.ltnr rrtimrl Mmf n nnlnnv nf nlunit .Inn lm tt. .t... i ., l - " t in iiii(,iit'9 i nurKIIlK DTOn ,,,. i;t iw..n,uini..Di. .... ... . f o,,v I ""u",i .-i.-vv iu Him. in,- u.ij nun me weainer win permit. erslde. Cal.. for Dutto Falls at an Tho . . , . I V.U..I I'll . v.iv uiiuiuvi ji Miuuiia oririv rlnro There was In 190" a decrease of 6 coma Lumber company, and Wilkin son Coal & Coke company and the1 Hewitt Laud company, Washington 1 corporations. His Investments are' varied covering timber lands, banks, ' railroad nnd mining enterprises. ! Heglnnlng years ago on tho sound. I by his efforts nnd ability Mr. Hew ttt has amassed a large fortune. For .years be was one of the large log-j of Washington. Through this and his ot!.er outer-' prises ho has been one of the most ' WW www w-w 'T ww-WWW WWWWW V W T V V W WWW WW v-ww w wwwwy ! BARGAINS j7 Grocery store,'' pnyiug big: cheap rent Two lots on West Tenth street. $."00 each; closo in. 100x1200 foot on West Main utrcot, fine doparttuont building site. .180-acro ranch, 2V4 miloH from Medford; l'JO acres sot to orchanl; price $170 por noro. 103 acres two miles from Phoenix, HQ acres young boaring orchard; $16,000. MICHIGAN LAND COMPANY mountain side stood my train con-'throughout the country, according to to slstlng of engine, baggo car, two tho United States census bureau's ' one or a parsonage, to tho first de- coaches, two sleepers and an obser- rortncoming report on the statistics nomination that will erect a church ration car. On tho third track stood , o( Hie 15S largest cities which had a building thereon this spring. This lo . lot n for hrr has Quite a crow clearing and pre- Imi,ortanl fn.torH ln llu, ,,. fZl ! R'?Ir"r. m0!'" lh.a"dP.ar'"R ULe P ,0EKeU (f ,aml for or- of the Industries and wealth of the colony Is coming with the Intention of erecting a church. Wo welcome all such citizens. B. H. Harris reports the machinery on hand for the dry kiln nnd that the fast mall train, on which were i population of over 30.000 each that sixteen or eighteen mall clerks. .vear About 1G track laborers tvere also ' Tho report prepared by E. H. Ma Bleeplng on the train In the day l,n. chief of division, contains coni coaches. ipiete statistics of the number of liquor No 'FiipI. I licenses in force at the close of tho "We all ate at Ballet's hotel tn ! license year In each of the cities nnd!go tnat ry lumber can bo had for Wellington and while food was p!en-'tno number of Inhabitants to each building purposes, tlful, fuel was not, so the train was 'dealer selling liquor by the drink, j Medford and Butte Falls business not run back Into the 'tui.nel. j More than one-fourth of such deal-( men aro subscribing quite liberally "Years ago tho railroad climbed In the 15S largest cities were re-'to the bank stock with tho Intention over the mountain on a switchback. ' ported from New York and Chicago: 0( erecting a two-story building with Sunday we noticed on top of this ' tbe cities of over 30". 000 population hall for lodgo purposos on tho sec-Bwltch-back far above us an enor-j with the smallest number of saloons omi foor anij starting nn Independent mous cap of snow hanging precarl-! were Washington. 521. and Pittsburg. ( bank. Both are needed hero, ously on the side, and clinging to! SIS. In cities of this class the larg-. Tho Odd Follows and Woodmen ot the sparse timber. The tame day I 'est number of saloons In proportion t tho World are each preparing to or saw a slide coming down the east to the population were In Milwaukee (gantze a lodgo. The Odd follows are side of the hotel, carrying timber and New Orleans, where. In tho for-1 to meet Thursday night, March 3, with It In a great avalanche of snow j mer, there was one dealer selling to take the preliminary steps, and that night there vas a slide liquor by tho drink to every H2 In- j The Butte Falls Athletic club gave at the east portal which filled a flf-i habitants and, In the latter, to every another of their enjoyable dances on ty foot gulch. Wo began to fear for -00 Inhabitants. The number of In-' Saturday evening, proceled by a bas the safety of the rtaln. I habitants to every' dealer In Phlla- ketball game between Butte Falls Was Spirit-IAniieiier. delphla was 7G1, and In Boston 738. and Dudley. Butte Falls won by two Tho menace Immense snow cap The other cities having less than 200 was a pall on our spirits, .It was the I Inhabitants to each dealer were Gal most enormous acculmation of snowjveston 134, East St. Louis 143, Mo over known ln the mountains, ac- bile 153, Houston 158, Hoboken 168, cording to the hotel-keeper. Dur-J Sacramento 18S, San, Antonio 179, ing all this time it snowed contlnu- La Crosse 183, Springfield 1SS and ously with terrific winds driving the j West Hoboken 191. drifts." j -The smallest number of saloons In Monday noon the party of ten ' proportion to population is shown for started out for Scenic, and after an 1 tho cities of Pennsylvania and Mas- r , w,o,- exP.Ti 10 sot out a Soum, cmmtry. sral yoars- ago great deal of orchard. This section ho orKnnm the Wilkinson Coal &, will eventually be the cream of the Coko comany, wllch tho ,01lwr coke producer of the Pacific coast. ' About ten years ago he beran Invest-1 tug In the state of Oregon, and has j made largo Investments In linker, , Itogue Itlver valley for fruit and land Is very low In comparison with other parts of the valley. Tho Crater Lako company has their mill about ready to start up nnd will hnvo everything running fuU blast within a short I time. Wo are sorry to report thnt Fore man Ed Walker's baby Is quite sick, but hopo for Its early recovery. Ed was about ready to step down and glvo the boy his position, but do- Grant, Tillamook nnd Coos counties Medford, Orcgo" ThU certifies that wo havo sold Hall's Toms Won dor for tho cure of all kidnoy, blad der nnd rheumatic troubles for ton years, and havo never had a com- nlftlnt. If f-lvn4 mifptr nnil nnrmnnnnt l.l . l- . i " - j m 1,1,1,1 m,cr rellef' Slxt' dny' treatment In each weather. . , botUo Medford Pharmacy. It Is with sadness that wo report , - - mi 1 Urd ZvLTT rT' , PORTLAND HARDWOOD FLOOR ent, Leonard Brlggs. Ho was an lion-1 pViudamv ored citizen and spent n long nnd' COMPANY useful life, but, ns your Eaglo Point ' knrgost slock of Oak, Mnplo, Hooch, correspondent gave n blogrnpby of Rirch, Mnhojrnny uid Wainut REAL ESTATE Farm Land Timber Land Orchard Land Residences City Lots Orchards and Mining Claims his life a fow days ago, wo will not repeat It. Mr. Brlggs' family wish to horoby oxpress tholr appreciation of the many kindnesses shown dur ing his Illues8. ASSESSOR GRIEVE STARTS '10 WORK all-day battle with tho snow, reached sachusetts, and the largest for those Skykomlsh and safety that night. In the party with Rogers were: E. A. Sperber, Vancouver, B. C; R,. C. Mc Knlght, Vancouver, .B. C; Samuel Field, Vancouver, B. C; Charles In ohn, Portland; Frank Rltter, South Belllngham; August Van Larken, Se attle; Gulseppe Dlnatalo, Portland; H. L. Wertz, HHIyard, Wash., and E. W. Bowles, Vancouver, B. C. Rogers' story Is the most accurate description obtainable of the situa tion In Wellington when the slide came and makes It evident that Spo kane local, No. 25, fast mall No. 25, an exclusive mall train, and the su perintendent's were all swept Into the canyon by tho great slide. of Texas, Ohio and Wisconsin. In comparing the number of retail liquor dealers ln 141 cities reporting for both 1907 and 1905, it Is shown thatt here was a decrease of G per cent ln tho number of saloons ln 1907. Tho decrease was general In nearly every part of the country, ex cept the Rocky mountain and south western states. SECOND FIRE IN WEEK IN FRISCO HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO, March 2 An investigation was sturted today to ascertain the cause of the fire which last night was resoptifiiblo for dam age aggregating $50,000 to tho Ban croft hotel an dits contents. This is the second ffro in the Tho first Only, One Depjily Now, But Will Put on Larger Force April I When Work Will Be Undertaken in Earn est. Caldwell Suffers. BOISE, Idaho, March 2.- Trnffio on the main line of the Oregon Short building within a week. Line is entirely suspended today on 1 bluzo was caused, it is said, by n de nccount of washouts near Glenn's j fective switchboard. Ferry, which will prevent operations I The firo last night started in the' of trains for tho next 18 hours. All! storage room of the Chnso-Pliillips enstbound trains are held at Nnmpn building and before it could be ex nnd westbound trains at Glenn's For-, tinguished th. fourth floor of the ry, Bojso is entirely out off from the structure was gutted. east and will be without mail scurv-i The $150,000 stock of tho Butler ice for two days. Tho loss suffered at Caldwell hy tho flood which yesterday nnd 1at night swept through tho town, is to day estimated at moro than $100,000. Lot this day's want ads. he useful to you I - Lot them find you a buyer, or seller, or employer, or employee, or landlord, or tenant! Exchange "used 'thing for used things" through a classified nd. gcttiiig the needed for tho un-needed article. Just as tho man with whom you trade will, tool People have to be told as well as 'shown." That special sale nt your store miiBt bo advertised iu direct proportion to its importunco. Schutze company, wholesale millin ers, on tho third floor, was badly dainuged by water. Investigate Sutton's Death. WASHINGTON, D. C, March I. It was reported today that Senator Chamberlain of Oregon and Represen tative McCrodio of Washington, have definitely decided to introduce n joint resolution in congress Wednesday of next week asking for nn investingtion into tho death of Lieutenant James S. Sutton nt Annapolis in October of 1007. An evening of profit as well usj pleasure at tbe First Methodist church. W. T. Grieve, county assessor, was In this city Wednesday starting tho work of assessing the county for 1910. Mr. Grieve will personally do the work In this city and In Jacksonville, and announces his Intention of mak ing as nearly as possibles an equlta ble as sessment. At present ho has only ono doputy at work ln tho field. W. A. Patrick, who has charge of Ashland and Bar ron preclnc'.s. It is useless to put out a full force now, owing to trav eling conditions, and It will probably bo April 1 before moro deputies are placed In tho field. In the, meantime the work In .the two big towns will bo well under way. As soon as the weather permits a largo forco will be thrown Into the field and Mr. Grieve expects to finish the assessment of tho county by July 1. GIRL ESCAPES CLUTCHES OF CHICAGO WHITE SLAVERS ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 2.- It was reported to the police that Estelle Sanderri, aged 12, returned to her homo todav nffor escaping two men, who, she snid, chloroformed her and held her a prisoner for 24 hours. She claimed that the men started to take her to Chicago to sell her as a white slavo and that she escaped from them by jumping from tho train just as it was leaving-tho Btntion. According to her story they met her on a street nnd overpowered her and she was hysterical when sho reached home. FLOORING In tho Pacific northwest. Manufac turers of Parquetry Flooring. Wo havo n largo forco of Export Mi chnnics and nro in a position to give ARE YOU GOING EAST" , estimates of finished floor work. Wo Havo you a friend coming wost? also uso a SIU1liK 1 scraping m.i You ought to bring one to Med-' chin? for R"rfnc!"K dn,IC0 unll oiwtbiiiK unit iiuuim ii u null wiia, 1 wax brushes, funiituro rests nnd glass sliding shoes. Writo or call at 286 YAMHILL ST., PORTLAND.' Room 10, Jackson County Bank Building I ford Call and see us. The colonist rates will bo effect shortly. Lot us talk routes and rates with you. Informatlu . cheerfully furnished. Phone, address or call on Southern Pacific Company, A. S. Rosonbauin at Medford. ONLY ONE "BEST." Medford People Give Credit Where Credit Is Due. Peoplo of Medford who suffer with sick kidneys nnd bad hacks want a kidney remedy thnt can be depended upon. The best is Donn'd Kidney Pills, a mcdicino for the kid neys only, mudo from pure roots nnd herbs, and the only one thnt is back ed by cures iu Medford. Hero's Med ford testimony: Mrs. C. II. Hoxio, Fir street, Med ford, Or., says: "I publicly recom mended Doun's Kidnoy Pills in 1007, after the)' had honofited me, and now I am pleased to speak iu their favor again. I had kidney trouble for several yenrs and tho bnekacho gradually grew worso as timo passed. If I attempted to stoop or movo quickly, sharp twingos darted through my loins nnd hips, nnd somo times I was lame for days. Tho kid ney soqretions passed far too fro nucntly, nnd I also noticed sodimout in them when thoy wore allowed to stand. My health steadily ran down and I wns feeling miserable ut tho timo I commencod taking Donn's Kidnoy Pills, which I procured nt Haskius' drug storo. Thoy helped mo from tho first, although other remedies had proven useless, and as I continued taking them, I grow hot ter, until not one symptom of my old trouble romnined." For' sale by all dealors. Price 50 cents. Fostor-Milhurn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole ngonts for tho United States. Remember tho namo Donn's nnd take no other. A. L. VROMA N PLUMBING & HEATING CONTRACTOR No job too small, none too large. Twenty-five years' practical experience. OFFICE 113 SOUTH FRONT STREET. Best Groceries "Ordor Olympic Flour- it makcfl good broad aiuHi8cuitn." Mother. A b b o 1 u t o I y clean nnd pure, wholesome una nutrttiouB in ado from so looted North western wheat Insist upon Olympic "there Ua't mny jiuim AT YOUR GROCER'S At Prices Strictly in Keeping with the Quality of Our Stock which is Unexcelled A Trial will Convince You I Allen Reagan The Square Deal Grocers Now is the Time TO GET .OUR FIGURES ON WIRING, ELECTRICAL FIXTURES, ETC., ON THAT NEW HOUSE. DYNAMO REPAIRING A SPE CIALTY. FLYNN BROS. 13? WEST MAIN STREET. 4 4 t