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Medford Mail Tribune UNITKI) Vllim A8H00IATI0N Full Lcasei Wire Iteport, Tonight ami Thursday Clomly. ' ' Tuomlny'n temperature -I lull HH, low -11: range fit), Tho only panor In the world published In n city tho size of Medford having a. lcnsod wire. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1G, 1910. No. 306. RAILROADS AND FIREMEN MARK TIME 'I'll IC WICATIIICIt. UNCLE SAM IS 10 ACT; BELIEVE DANGER PAST ! i Chairman Knnpp anil Commissioner Noll Are Spcctilnu to Chlcano To-. day to Act as Mediators In Effort to Avert Blmjest Strike of Ccn-' tury Arrive Tomorrow. BOTH SIDES HOPE TO AVERT DRASTIC ACTION Subject of Wages Is One for Arbl- tration-Howcver. Working Rules! May Not Be Submitted If Firemen ,' Havo Their Way About It. Extent of Proposed Strike. Tho following Htimmnry will t give nn Men of tho extent of "" the proKiHod striko of fire- men : " Number of railroads torn- pornrily tied up, -17. " Miles of rnllroml, 150,000. Firemen out of employ- mailt. 26,000. Other omployeH lempornr- ily thrown out, 125,000. Tcrrilotry involvod, the en- tire country' west of n line drawn from Chicago to New Orlonns. Cost to country of strike in 180-1, $100,000,000. f -f -f CHICAGO, III., Mnrah 10. The officlnlB of tho railroads and the firemen nro marking time tmlny, nwnitltng the nrrivnl of Chnirmnn Knnpp of tho intonitnto coinmorce comminHion nnd ConimiHHioncr of Lnbor Noll, who will attempt to avert tho throntoned fitriko of 27, 000 firemen throughout tho west. The government officlnlH nro ox peoted to bo horo tomorrow morning, rendy fo take up tho questions nt is Biia immediately. W. 8. Cnrtor, president of tho Brotherhood of Locomotivo Firemen, todny expressed hopo that tho medi ators would bo successful, lie said, howovor, thnt tho men hnd wished In arbitrate from tho find nud thnt tho rnilrondn would havo to change their attitude if n Btriko in nvorted. Cnrtor stntod thnt tho most im portant fontura of tho work of the modlntors will be to dotormtno just what phaHo of tho differences nro tho propor subjects of arbitration. The rnllrond officials nnd the fire men hnve agreed that tho subjoct of wages 1b a mattor for arbitration. AFTER TOMORRO Wf NO MORE BEAR CREEK WATER NEED BE USED; CANAL IS REPAIRED Aftor Thursday morning tho peoplo of Medford will no longor bo com pelled to dopond upon tho wntor (T) of Boar orook, as tho Fish Lake com pany is now prepared to turn tho wntor in nt tho Brndshaw drop and givo tho pooplo of Medford puro mountain wator. Tho cnnnl from tho intnko nt Fish Lako to tho Brndshaw drop, whoro tho tompornry pipo , lino to Modford takes tho flow, hlis boon olennod nnd onlargod, and nt the prosont timo tho oompnny is in po sition to furnish nil tho wntor no oe8Bnry, Wednesday n general tost of tho pipe line was stnrtod, and if no ma terial faults nro found tho Butto creek water will be turned in. Repairs are being made in the res ervoir, which will require some time to complete, but in the end there CARTER S NEW PRESIDENT OF BANKERS ASSN. Third Quarterly Mccttlng of Jackson County Bankers' Association Is1 Held and Semi-Annual Election of Officers Takes Place Many Are In Attendance. 50 BANKING MEN MAKE MERRY AT BAHQUET BOARD Addresses Arc Made by Different Prominent Banking Men Upon Timely Subjects of the Day Splendid Meeting Is Held. Tho third quartetrfy meeting of the Juckson County Bankers nsso ciation was hold at the Commercial club rooms Tuesday evening. Fifty of the men who nre intcrcM ed in tho various brinks of the coun ty wore present nnd took pnrt in tho proceedings of tho meeting. Tho semi-annual election of offi cers wiib held and the following of- St l--i-J. . " E. V. Carter, of tho Dank of Ash land, prosidont; O. L. Davis, of tho Fanners' & Fruitgrowers Hank of Medford, vice-president; J. E. En yart, of tho Medford National bunk, secrctarly; J. L. Hnmmerslv, of tho Gold Hill bank, trensurer. At tho mooting every bank in the county, with tho exception of the Contrnl Point bank, was represontod. At the meeting in the Commercial club roomB Hon. W. M. Crowo!! spoko on "Tho Contrnl Bank"; J. L. Hnmmersly on "The Postal Savings Bank"; J. E. Enynrt, "Benefits Tint Might Accruo Through tho Joining of Josephine nnd Ivlnmnth counties." Then followed an informal ' discus sion of mnttors portincn to the as sociation. At tho bouquet Judge W. M. Col vig was tqnstmnster but Hint is an other story. Tho uoxt meeting of the associa tion will be huld in Gold Hill on Juno 18. Tho banquet wns held in the Nnsh Grill nud was most elaborate in ev ery pnrtioulnr, The menu which wns disausscd whs selected by h com nilttoo of tho association and wn Tho fircmon, howovor, insist thnt tho question of tho representation in tho union nnd othor tochnlenl phases of tho relations of tho companies nnd tho mon should also bo submit ted to 'arbitration. Tho railroad officials today ev press oonfidonco that mediation will bo Biiocossful. Thoy say that I ho danger of a strike is over. will bo n conservation of wntor in tho rosorvoir which will bo of groat bonofit. For tho past two months tho suo cossors to tho Fish Lako Ditch oom pnny havo boon nt work oloaning tho onnnl nnd tho city hns in conso quonoo boon forcod to fall back up on Boar crook wator, which was fit for irrigation purposos only. Old-Timer Is Dead. BUTTE, Mont., March 10. Louis Donmrs, ngod 7-1, tho first whito man to sot foot Upon tho trail which now ombrncoB tho city of Butto, and probably tho oldost Mason in the northwest, 'founder of Masonic lodges in Butto, is doad horo aftor a protraotod illnoss. Doinara, onrriod. on an extensive freighting business in tho early days bofore the coming of the railroads, WITH THE MUNICIPAL FOLK DECIDE PAVING THIS AFTERNOON City Dads Meet Late This Afternoon to Conclude' Deliberations Regard inn Paving Bids Large Crowd Is Disappointed Last Evening. The mayor nnd city council will meet late this afternoon to take final action in regard io the bids rccoiui on March 8 for tho paving of ten miles of tho city's streets: A largo crowd gnthcrcd in the council uham bors Tuesday evening to bo present whon (bo mutter was decided, but were disappointed. Tho council will not decide until late today just what action they will take. It is probable that all of the bids will bo rejected and new tendors asked, as the bids received on March 8 wore all disappointingly high. Tho matter is to bo decidedly one way or the other definitely this aft ernoon. i '- prepared and served as only the Nush Grill can prepare nnd serve such n repast Tho iniibic by Misses Crowell and Crawford was excellent and well received. "ST. ELMO" ALWAYS FIRST; OTHERS ALWAYS FOLLOW The recent merger whereby Bc lasco & Mayer, owners of the Alca zar lhentor, San Francisco, and the Alcazar Touring companies; Olivor Morosco, proprietor of tho Burbnnk and Majestic theaters of Los An geles, nud George L. Baker, propri etor of theaters and companies in Seattle, Portland nnd Spokane, nil co-opernto together to secure, re gardless of cost, the New York plays as soon as they are pronounced suc cesses, enable theatorgoors west of tho Missouri to see nnd enjoy these productions. CONSTITUTIONALITY OF ACT UNDER WHICH GOVERNOR ACTED IS ASSAILED BY RE AMES SAl.H.M, Or., March 10. Validity of tho action taken by Governor Bonson in directitng Judgo Coko to Jnckson county to condemn a right of wny for a pipo lino across tho fnrm of M. F. Hnnloy is tho solo question involved in tho injunction cuso of Hnnloy vs. tho City of Med ford, which was argued beforo the supremo court today, and by which Hnnloy is endeavoring to restrain tho city from entoring upon his land nud laying their pipo line. E. A. Rcnmcs of Jacksonville op- onod tho argument for Hnnloy nud Robort G. Smith of Grants Pass ably conducted the argument for tho city of Medford. Fivo distinguishing points were mnde by Mr. Ronmos. Ho argued that tho law of 1009, by which authority wn8 given to trans fer certain judges from ono cirouit to nnotlior is unconstitutional, in that a section of tho constitution provides that circuit judges shall perform duty in one district only. SEND YOUR FRIENDS A PAPER The Big Easter Edition WILL BE PINE PRINTED SUNDAY, MARCH 20. Your friends in the cast nro looking towards tho Roguo River valley and anxious for news. Tho Eastor edition is the vest thing to sond, for it more clearly show 3 tho spirit and class of peoplo living here gives them a clear idea of tho business being done and shows to a marked Meerco tho progress of this section. Kr.ng your orders for papers in as soon as v ziiblo. Our ad man will bo pleased to call md help dress up your advertisement, so that it will bring tho best results. Fortune smiles on tho persistent advertiser. ,-f-f 4-4- -- INCINERATOR TO HEALTH COMMITTEE Tho matter of obtaining nn 4 incinerator for the city came beforo tho council Tuesday night nnd wan referred to the " health committee. It will "" " probably be reported bnek at the next regnlfir meeting. --- --fc SYSTEM OF STORM SEWfRS PUNNED i By next winter the city will bo in far better shape to cjire lor flood I waters on the streets ( than during nny previous year, if, the plans of ; the present council are enrried out. At Tuesday evening's Session of the council urns were caucu ior tne construction of a storm sewer along Riverside avenue, and 'this will be a continuance of other parts of the Byston. During the winter n storm sower wns laid on Eighth hlreet which was of much benefit. COMET MAY "GET" US, SAYS ASTRONOMER CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 10. "No onji CAnTiprsdicLitU .certainty what will happen oiPMay 18 or 10. when the earth passes through tho tail of nalley's comet," 6nid Profes sor Edward C. Pickering, the di recctor of the nstronnmicn! observ atory of Harvard, in an interview. "There is more danger of serious consequences than the ordinary pub lic is likely to believe. If the poison ous gases nnd the meteors of which the tail is composed pass near the earth, they will undoubtedly fall on the sphere and dnmngo many build ings nnd possibly suffocnte many people. "I quito agree with tho French as tronomer, Flnmmarion, thnt such collisions will be matters of great public dnnger." Ho argued further thnt the law was of no effect becauso it had beeu repealed by implication; that even if ttho law was valid and had not been repealed, it did not confer ukiu the governor nnd Judge Coke tho au thority to do what waB done; lastly, that tho order calling the special term wns not lawfully made or prop erly sorved and that tho city of Med ford nnd its, officials wero guilty of fraudulent representations to the county judge, whereby ho was in duced to make certain false state ments in his implication to Governor Bonson, nnd the governor was there by decided nnd defrauded into mak ing tho ordor which would not other wise havo been mado. Attorney Roamos designated those fraudulent representations to bo such nsMhoso sotting forth that Modford wns in danger of nn epidemic of disease if tho wator system wns not completed immediately, nnd that Judgo Ilnnua'h timo wns too fullv occupied to henn 10 BUIL DOE ON T. City Council Calls for Bids for Erecting Piers and Buttresses for New Bridge . Over Bear Creek- at Jackson Street At their meeting Tuosdny evening the city council instructed the city recorder to advertise for bids for the construction of piers and ubuttra'cius for n bridge across .Bear creek on Jackson street. The bids will be j opened March 23. Tho construction of a bridge at this point has long bccti needed and will make Jackson one of ifie best residence streets in the city. It will extend in a straight' line from tho heights on the cast to tho city limits on the west. Much routine business was dis ' posed of. Petition for grading of Myrtle and Taylor streets gralited. A permit wns granted the South ern Pacific company to- erect a de pot building. City recorder ordered to advertise for bids on sewers nnd water mains opened March 23. Health committee's report that li cense of $60 per year be charged for selling ice cream cones on the street wns accepted. City attorney instructed to draw up ordinance pennittitng mailcar ricrs to ride bicycles on sidewalks outside of business districts. Ordinnnce for lateral sewers on nl loy in Laurel addition from Wash ington to Prune streets, on Washing ton from Howard to Roosevelt, on Ivy from Third to Fourth, passed. A resolution for tho establishment of a water main on Washington from Howard to Roosevelt passed. J. W. Slinger was granted n license to sell liquor for six months. Petition of F. M. Wilson to remove building from North to South Central avenue granted. the proceedings. Mr. Smith produced abundant au thority with which to show Reame's position fallacious and his inferences faulty. Tho argument took up the entire forenoon. The decision will bo hand ed down within a few weeks. TRAIN OF BOOSTERS T0BE HERE SOON Word comes that a special train en routo to California will linger in Medford for half an hour at noon. Sunday, March 20th. Tho party promises to bo n very representative ono is nud mndo up of peoplo from Olympin, Tncomn, Centrnlia, Aber- I deen, Chehulis, Hoquinm, Raymond and Bellingham. It is very desirable that theso people get a favorablo im- t prcssion of the Roguo river valley, including Medford, nud it is hoped thnt special efforts will bo made to enturtnin them during the short stop JACKSON HYSTERIA AN HYP OA! S OF MOVE So Declares Secretary Balllnger With; Reference to Insurgent Movement Says the Move Is Waning for want of Something Real Upun Which to Base Charge. . SAYS PEOPLE HAVE NO GROUND FOR COMPLAINT Declares Investigation of Charges Against Him In Washington Suits Him Says the Whole Matter Is a PloL ST. PAUL, 'Minn., March 16. "Tho insurgent movement is merely an ebullition of spirit and hysteria, with a taint of hypocrisy as well, and it is sure to dwindle in import ance and extent ss the next national campaign approaches," declared Secretary of the Interior Ballinger in an interview here today. "I do not think that the so-called spirit of insurgency is obtaining much of a foothold in the enstctrn states," continued Ballinger. "I be lieve the feeling against tho Payne and Aldrich tariff is the strongest in the middle west. In my opinion, it gave the real impetus to the in surgent movement which is now rap idly waning. "The people of this country never hnd less ground for complaint thnn right now. Prosperity is general, all classes sharing in it, but there will always be criticism of a carping kind, as I have had good reason lo know, in tho last few months." Ballinger declared the investiga tion at Washington is proceeding too slowly to suit him. He said ho is confident that he will be vindicated. "Tho whole thing." he said, "is purely nnother simply gigantic con soirncy, the object of which is to ruin mo politically and through ma to strike nt President Taft. "This conspiracy wns hatched last year at the Spokane conservation congress." MRS. W. K. VANDERBILT NOT AFTER A DIVORCE SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. March 16. Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., who arrived here lato yesterday from her homo in New York, reiterated her denial today to the rumor thnt she was in tho west to secure a divorce. "I havo just como west to visit San Francisco," said Mrs. Vander hilt at the Fairmont hotel. DD3 THE LOCALfBOOSTERS BITE WHO WERE CARTOONED RECENTLY? WELL-MAYBE NOT PORTLAND, March 16. That the American Progress Mngazino is a bona fido proposition and that tho Moiuord mon who subscribed for copies of it nro greatly in error in assuming they havo been buncoed, is tho statement of G. D. Hoisley and C. J. Wilson, tho two young men mentioned in a dispatch from Mod ford ns having mado contracts -with many Southern Oregon boosters nt $5 ench and having failed to dolivor tho promisod mngarino. Mr. Hoisley nnd Mr. Wilson snid today; "Tho in itial number of tho Amorioan Prog ress Magazine wns to bo the May is suo, which was to bo delivered to tho various towns, Medford inoludod, about April 25. Here March is not half over, yet the forma for this is sue are made up and the mngarine will be run off in time to deliver next FUNDS GROW BROWS GROWS GROW Seventeen Thousand Dollar Mark Is L Passed and CamwHtee Antltd- pates He Trouble In Making $25,- 000 by Saturday Night, Which Is the Mark Set. SEPTICS BEGIN TO SEE ROAD WILL BE BUILT Roll of1 Honor Will' Be Published In All Its Glory Sunday. Is Yew Name Written. There? If Net, Why Not? $17,400. ' Noon Wednesday. Guess that is goin' some. ai 'twill go some more. $25,000 by Saturday. Medford has said it Medford makes good! Get in and help. Doe Ray has retaraed froa Frieeo and is ont with the, bunck. He likes to tackle the hard ones. He is going right after it And ho is doing some tall easiness. Results count Doo knows it. Watch him got 'em. Dr. Reddy is also out He is another hustler. And he will go after the eoia, too. If you haven't signed ap get busy. ' Baron Westerlund has had a happy thought. Ho dug up a hymn. He is now making music in the air. Its title is, "Is Your Name Writ ten Thorel" If not, why nott Remember, $25,000 by Saturday night $17,400 today. Let's subtract. $25,000, less $17,400, leaves $7600. 76 names more. ' 1 Now, altogether! Let's mnke good! Let's go and sign. JAPANESE FINED FOR BREAKING BIRD LAW HONOLULU, March 16. Twenty, three Japanese who wore convicted of killing birds on islnnds within the bird reserve, begnn 24-hour sen. tences in jail today following thoir conviction boforo Judge Robertson of the circuit court. week, n month ahead of contract That this is truo can be verified nt tho Portland Printing compnny's of fice. Tho Medford boosters merely bought mngarines no advertising was solicited or accepted nnd no caricatures mado for monov. We confined ourselves to a boosting proposition nnd cannot understand tho premature attack from Med ford." The report that local boosters wore "stung" by tho representatives of the American Progress Mairazlna came from Chico, where nearly 100 prominent citizona, were cartooaed, If the supposition was nremaiure. It would seem that somo of the valley towns in California woW have found it out ere this, ft w