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ortnon Historical CJ'y "a" TIIIC WKATIIHIL 'roiii,?!1' mitt WtMiiii'Mtiny Continued cloudy, No danger (mm front iiiiIohh woatluir clown - Cull central nftor 7 i. 11,1, for further warnings. Medford Mail Tribune UNITJSp I'RKSe ASSOCIATION Full leased Wire Import. Tho only paper In the worl published In a cliy tho size, of Medford having a loaned wire. mimi year. aCEDFORD, ORKGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1910. No. 13. TWO 6RA SO PAVEMENT FOR CITY'S STREETS City Council Draws Up List of tho Streets to Recoivo Heavy Pave ment mid Those to Receive Lighter Base Resulting Saving Is Over $25,000 Business Streets Arc All to Recelvo tho Heavier Gratlo. Tentatively, tho city council hits drawn up n lint of streets which nro to liu paved with tho highest grndu of pavement offered under tho Clark Ilcncry hid, nnd those on which a lighter pavement in to bo iiHcd, Tho heaviest pnvemont ono which conmatu of a five-inch oouaroto bnsc, n ono-inch binder caurno nnd n two-inch wearing Hurfnco, nnd which cohtu $1.70 a square yard, 1m to bo UHod on tho following HtrcctB: East Mnin Budge to ItooHovolt. Riverside Juckson to Twelfth. Central nvvntio .South liinitH to Third. IVAiijou Sixth to Fourth. Mr Mnin to tjouth city limits. Grape-Sixth to Eighth. Holly Ninth to Fifth. Sixth Hlvoraido to Oakdale. Eighth Rlversldo to D. On tho other street a pavement having n four-inch base, n ouo nnd one-half Inch hinder course and n oin and one-half inch wonriug ur fneo will bo UHcd. Thin pavement will cost $1.02 n K(imru yard. Fol lowing are the streets to bo bo im proved: Kant Mnin HouhovoH to east liin itH. Oouusoe, i Queen Anno. Central nvcnuo Third to north limits. IVAnjmi Fourtli to Jackson, Holly Ninth to houth litnltH. Holly Fifth to Second. Laurel- Sovonthtn Eleventh. Ornngo Fourth to Tonth. Punch Fourth to Main. Summit nvenuo Fourth to Main. Alloy C to Riverside. Jackson RiverHtdo to Columbia avenue. Fourth Oakdale to limits. Tenth Onkdnle to HmitH. Hi vorsido Jackson to north lim its. Tho area lp be paved with the henvior pavement comprit)CH 70,010, which will cost for pavement, not in cluding excavntion, cntoh-baHinH and tho like, $121,812. I ho area on which tho lighter pnv Ing in to bo imed comprise 11J5,10S nqunro yards. The cost of pavement on thin will bo $17-1,00-1.10. Hy the use of this pavement proportv own ers nro snved $27,(12.,,02, ns thero is a dlffercnco of 21 conls n squnre ynrd in tho prico of tho two pnvc- menls. v Tlu'w, imuH. lmu-nvni-. ibi lint in.. elude tho most of curbing or oxen- vnling, which will bo coiisidornblo. Tho Juvenilo Dniieing olub will hold tholr last party for (he sea- son nl tho Anglo opera honso tomor- row (Wodnosdny) evoniiig. Dancing nt 0 p. m., Hnr.elrigg'H orchestra. All momhors nro urged to bo present. Commercial club 'rogulnr mooting tomorrow night, 8 o'olnok sharp. Im- portant buslnoss. Mattor of purch- nsiug n lot will como up. ROGUE VALLEY Till! Ro&un Rtvor valley standi upon tho throohohl of n yoar of groat productlvo prosperity. From tho four qturtors of tho vnlloy nro in dications that 1010 will be a banner yoar In ngrlculturo, j Industry and trado, Early in January woathor con ditions gave promlso of bountiful crops and f.om that tlmo tho outlook for unusual prosperity has Incronsod. Fruit ranks as tlio loador In tho product of tho vnlloy and tho oxpoct ntlon for an onormous crop, groundod upon n prollm.nnry survoy of Con ditions, has boon confidentially pro dieted by exports. Conditions In othor productlvo linos nro hardly loss favornblo and fall will undoubtedly All Eyes Are On Hoosiers Today From Wlilto Houno to Capitol Hill Htntcftiiicn Are Watching Nows From Indiana, f WA8IUNGTON, D. C, Ap til 0. Tho Itcpublicati Htnto convention in IudlaiiapoliH in center of intercut in political circles here today. From tho White House to Capitol Hill Ktntofeinon nnd nour-states-tnon are watching the news from Indiana and trying to forociiHt the future. Since thin in tho first Main convention nlneo the passugo of tho Payne-Aldrich tariff measure, and wince Senator Rovoridgo is leader of tho progressives in the central figure, Insurgents nnd regu lars arc interested, whilo ns n purely party matter tho con vention is being watched by political engineers. That the platform adopted by tho convention will outline tho issues which will play lending parts in tho congres sional elections noxt Novem ber, ih tho general belief. 4- f f -f T. R. TURNS FROM POPE AND SMITES THE METHODISTS Dr. Tipple, Head of Methodist Col lego, Praises Teddy for Snubbing - Pope and Is in Turn Vlctiu of the Big Stick. HOME, APRIL fl. Theodore Ronsovolt, angered by tho published statement of Dr. B. M. Tipple, head of tho Methodist college, hern today called off a public reception he hud planned, which wns looked upon us taking the place of a formal call by Itoonovelt upon the Methodist. ltoohevelt declared that th state ment of Dr. Tipple was an unwar ranted attempt to launch a sectar ian controversy. Ho oxprcssd him self as greatly displeased by tliu Htuteinont of tho Methodist Under. Tho reception cancelled by Roose velt wns to have beon ouo of general scope, in which all persons in public life hero would have participated. V.iilli.it , II mil II III t ,li ,r,.wl vn2 lj have been regarded by Roosevelt,"; nnd tho function would have bnd the effect of a visit to tho Methodist col lege. Tho "vntienn incident' linn worried Hoosovelt mom than nnything llml hns nrieon in his public life for mnnv n ,lnv. "Villi fVillnu-u luivi. nnrruul ,....w...1i of this to set mo right with my friends at home, haven't yout" ho noxiously nuked n correspondent of tho United l'rosa. When assured thnt every feature of the incidout had boon carried fully hoBiiid: "Well, 1 do hope thnt my friends understand the situation nnd nil the determining onuses." Tho statement of Dr. Tipple which cnusod Hoosovelt to cancel the re-1 coptinn was a bittor nrraignmonl Colonists Aro Flocking In and Rail roads Aro Reportlnn Groatest Traffic In Their History. find tho fnrmors from Morlln to tho California lino singing a paoan of pratso to tho prcductlvo powors of tho vnlloy of tho Rogue. Colonists Arriving. Rut R03U0 River vnlloy residents nro not nlono profiting by tbo ora of prosporlty. Eastern colonists and onstorn InvontorB stlrrod by tho nowa of tho richnos of tho vnlloy's ootl, tho uniformity and hoalthfulnoss of her MIDGE IS CERTAIN TO BE GIVEN SUPPORT Committee on Resolutions Loses No Tlmo In Reporting for the Indorse ment of Various Issues Which It Is Believed Will Be In Republican Platform In 1912 Roosevelt Pol Icies Receive Indorsement. INDIANAPOLIS, lnd April G, Scarcely had tho delegates to tho re publican stnto convention been colled to order today before tho resolutions committee submitted a report provld ng tor the endorsement o( the various Ikbiicb upon which, It is bellevud, tho next republican presidential campaign will he based. Foremost In tho commltteo's report was an unqun'tricd endorsement or tho policies of Theodoro Roosevelt. Tho report In Instances reforrod to thorn ns the "Roonovolt-Boveridge policies." Named briefly, tho committee on resolutions endorsed tho following measures: A protective tariff. The selection of a tariff commission with full advisory powers. Tho conservation of laws. Tho enlargement of tho constltu tlonni authority for taxation In tinio of war with Immedlato ndmendmcnt of tho Constitution to provide for tho same. National lot, illation to stop child slavery In mines, swent-shops. etc. Pensions wr soldlors, tholr wid ows and orphans. Unqualified endorsement of th Tnft administration. Endorsement of Senator Hcvorldso nnd principles which ho has advocat ed. Thnt Senator licverldgo's service in tho mMintt vlll ho endorsed by the convention without equivocation, which means tho endorsement of "his opposition to tho Pnyne-Aldrlch tar iff, was predicted hero enrly teday hy UeveridKo's supportcrn. Tho progrcwdvos claim to Tiavo achieved a complete victory over tho stand-p..tters, nnd they see in it a forecast of what other Mates will do. According to tho progressives, tho In diana republicans will endorse- the tariff plank of tho nntlotral convention of 1908 Tind tho tariff speeches made by Prosldont Tnft during that cam paign, Tho platform, they declare, will not mention tho Payne-AIdrlch tariff, but stress will belaid upon tho creation of u tariff commission nnd 10 Prcslder u recen recommendn- tlon nlong this lino will rocolve hoar ty endorsement. Tho fact that Son ntor noverlftgo Is tho father of tho i,nr'ft ''"l?8.l t,lls jnPt,on1 wl)eta,u Ronno'. t,.so, apropos. 1 no pi-r- resolutions commtttw i souum nnu u is 1 l sottled and 11 Is said to be control- !'d by BSVerldgO 111011. Sonntor Hov- urldgo himself will preside and his speech Is oxpectod to ho tin aggrosBlvo one, defending tits opposition to tho .chedulo of the Pnyno-Aldrleh tar iff and his final vote against tho tar iff bill ns a whole, it will nlso Uo a bold exposition of tho principles of tho progrotslvo republicans. Ills en tire campaign for ro-olectlon will be mndo nlnng theso linos and tho oeo'ch will form tho Ueynoto of tho cam paign 1 (Contlnuod on Pago 2.) ON THRESHOLD OF PROSPEROUS YEAR cllmnto, tho ui'ldnosa of hor winters, and tho nctlvlt" of hor commorco, hnvo, und nro flocking hy hundreds to southorn Orogon, This section of Oregon Is striding forward in population with romnrk ablo rapidity. Tho largor orchards of tho vnlloy aro being cut into small tracts and on each of thorn somo man Is mastor of his dostlny to as full am oxtont ns It Is posslblo to bo lu this world, Heavy Traffic Tho Southern Pnciflo -allroad Is re porting tho heaviest Influx of colo nists In tholr history, n trn.'flo that h Increasing ovory day and is pouring Into tho RogtiQ Rlvor valley, a most doslrnblo class of rosldonts. Now England, With 1 Fear, Awaits T.R.! Ill-CouceffJcd Fer TUit Itooscvclt Will Uiidcrfiko to Comment Upon KnglUh PoUcle At Crisis. LONDON, April C.-Eng-lish politicians are apprehen sive lest Boonevelt spring his next sensation on English soil. For publication they con ventionally exprefl extreme pleasure over hifl coming visit May 10, but tbero ib an ill-concealed fenr that Hooso velt will loosen another bolt hero such as those he deliv ered at Khartoum, Cairo and Rome. Dcspito their anxiety, political leaders and the peo ple have the greatest ndmira tion for Hoosovclt's fearless ness. It is deemed significant that Hoosovclt's itinerary is so arranged that ho will bo in England during n critical po litical situation when an elec tion may possibly be in prog ress. Should ho spenk at this time ho would probably cause much trouble for iMliticians f 4- 4- 4- cm 1 1 t - i . .i -4- r rcss. Should ho snenk nt this l. .. , : ,. a. time ho would probably cause , . t, , ..... 4. much troub o for tw hticians 4. 1 4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4 4.4 4. 4 4 4. 4. SHERIFF CLOSES PRINT SHOP OF J. D. DAWSON Sale Reported to Have Been Made toi1iK)fi5ted7nmoncy for l"? P"r; Tonopah Man, But t: Ho Money ttne rrt.nmtnn D.rr,,n t vi muuiiiiii uuii liu uuyuil by Blake-McFall Company. The Duvson Printing company was Tuesday attached tiy the paper liouso of Blake, McFall & Ca of Portland on a faint brou-ght to obtain judc- ment for $331.09 for paper and sup plies tarnished. Shoriff Jones took possession of the shan, "which is on North -Qrapo streot, ncrr West Main. The Dawson Prlntlnc company, which began Tjuslnejs November 1 last, -was managed -nnd owned by G. Dawcou, formerly a -solicitor umployed by the Medford Mall. The business has been carried -on at a loss -slnco Its start, and thbro Is a largo Indebtedness against tho con corn, distributed aico-ii; a score of creditors. A few days ago a sale wag report ed aH having boon mado to L. C. Branson of Tonopnh, Nov., who nr rlvcd n week ago ttMi a linotypo machine, and tho avowed 'intention ef starting another newspaper, but M no money -was forthcoming to tho creditors, su'l was begun, Mr. Bran- son offered hlo noto In sottlemont of j tho nejeount, "but It was refused. Title to tho plan rests with tho Keystono typo foundry of San Fran cisco, from whom It waa purchased on tho Installment plan. C. h. Itoaines Is attorney -for tho creditors. SEATTLE, Wnsh., April 4 5. The Sonttlo Post -Intelligencer todny an nounces tho candidacy of John L. Wilson, ownor of the paper, for the United Stntes senate. Agricultural Conditions Are Having Effect on All Lines of Industry Throughout Valley. sections nro being developed and tho ploughshare la breaking virgin soil in ovory corner of tho country. Tho woll distributed raitfnll for tho season of 1009-1910 is tho chtof cause of tho prosont high state of' prosperity Ir tho Roguo Rlvor valloy. Rain foil early lu tho fall. It camo at uniform Intervals since, never bolng absent so long as to cause drought nor continuing so long ns to put too muoh PARKING IS TO BE PUT UNDER IMMEDIATLY Comjnlttee Is Meeting This Afternoon Deciding Upon Plans Ladles of Greater Medford Ctub Plan New Way to Raise Money for Library Lawn Fete Is to Be Held In Park During May. This nfternoon a committee con sisting of Mrs. F. J. Reddy, Dr. E. II. Pickcl, M. M. Gault, A. H. Wil linms and Landscape Gardener Ford is meeting, planning the first steps to tako in beautifying the. park near thft Wnshinffon nnhnol. Work is to lv m vt AnMAl nf nnln ndrl So Iin licved that much of the work will bo under way in tho near future. More Parks. Xnis evening a committee oi tne 1 . .... ., urcaier Aicuioni ciud is 10 can upon ., , , . , the city council nnd ask that steps . , . i .- bo taken toward securing an option i upon seven and one-half acres near tho city reservoir for parking pur I poses, and upon the ggrovo on the jrond to Jacksonville. A bond issue ! will be asked of the city and the la- issue being in small denominations. Block IMy Next. The Indies arc plnnning a "block day" as the next means of raising funds for the public library. The icity will bo divided into squares nnd fnn envelope left- in each house. Later I the committee will call for the en velopes. In them nre supposed to be (this consists of Mrs. F. E. Mot-rick, ' M'SS Jnnny. P- J- flIld . Xf-, T m f-Ktuc Iiavni Fcto Is Planned. In May the Indies plan to hold n lawn fete in tho city park, at which a carapnign will bo waged for new members. The committee in charge consists of Mrs. H. C. Stoddard, chairman, Metdames Nicholson, Hundy, Kinsman, Emeriek, Elwood, Warner, Garnett, Nye, Welsh, Bates, Snedicor nnd Isaacs. AMERICAN COLONY IN FRANCE SCORES POPE PARIS, April 5. Fournler's Rome correspondent -wired today that the membora of the Amorlcan colony at Homo, "both Catholics and Protestants, Hko serero.y criticize tho Vatican's attitude In regard to Colonel Roose velt The correspondent declared that the Americans trcely express tho opinion that the popo was Ill-advised and that otherwise tho "Incident" novtsr would hnvo occurred. As n result tho colonies havo de cided to borcott tho Vatican, according to tho correspondent. It Is asserted that many of them hnvo wrlttoa to wealthy friends In America nna isnropo to ao ukowiso. Tho Fronoh, papers gonorally aro aklng little tiotleo of tho affair, which Involves the mtlcnu and tho famous Amorlcan. A. C. Howlett of Eagle Point was in Medford Tuesday on a business trip. Mr. Howlett reports thnt tho now locomotives jumped tho track out on tho desert and delayed tho incoming train of the P. & E. a eou- plo of hours. molsturo Into tho soil. Prosperity on Tap As a result of the flourishing horti cultural outlook prosporlty Is felt In all Industrial nnd commercial linos. Financial Institutions report, In ovory town In tho valley, big lnoroases In deposits and resources and an un unusunl Inquiry on tho part of eastern cnpttal for largo colonization tracts Is following. At prosont tho aromatic abundance of blossom on tho fruit trees from ono end of the valk" to tho other, augurs ono of tho lnrgest fruit crops In years. Lato frost alono can forestall a big ytohl and thero Is no criterion In the past upon which to placo a predict ion that It will. New Booklet Is Off The Press Forerunner of tho 150,000 Arrives In Medford SurpftJiB Anj IJooklcts Kvcr Ilerctoforo Issued, $2,000,000 FO IMPROVING OF NATIONAL PARK Ballinger Assures Steel That Crater Park Will Get That Much, and Says That If It Had Not Been for Medford Commercial Club Govern ment Wauld Have Dropped Matter In an interview in the Oregon Journal, Will G. Steel has the fol lowing to say regarding his recent visit to Washington in the interests of Iho Crater Lake road: "Tho government's approval of the Crater Lake road in effect nullifies the decree handed down by the su preme court lost month. "I found about tho halls of the capitol n feeling of resentment that even so august a body as tho su prcmo court should deem the Crater Lake- National park a local affair, any moro thnn thnt Yellowstone Nn tional park should bo so considered undo bam will Help. ir, 1 ... m . -oecrciary ijninnger askca mo how muoh money we would bo wnnt ing from the government for tho Crn tor Lako project. I told him we would need eventually about $2,000, 000, including making of trails and various other improvements. Ho ns surod mo of his belief that wo would get thnt much, nt the snine time stnt ing frankly thnt bnd it not been for tho indomitable energy nnd persist ence of tho Medford commeroinl in terests that nothing furthor would ever havo been done, following the supremo court's unfavorable decree "I received Sa'turdny an official communication stating that tho Unit ed States fish commission would place flO.OOO rainbow fry in tho Cra ter lake, to ndd to tho stock of fish (Continued on Pago 8.) Building Activity Never Before Ap proachedRailroad Extension and Trolley Line Certain to Help. Much Building As a materir.l consequonco to such an outlook building Is progressing at a rate novor bofore oxporleuced In the Roguo River valley. In overy city, town, hamlet In tho valloy Is hoard tho song of tho b&iumor and the sav whllo out oi tho northeast corner of tho vnlloy la building a now railroad which will glvo tho valley direct east ern connection. And soon work Is to BALL PLAYERS MIX IT; SIX ARE ARRESTED Butte Falls Has Lively Pitched Bat tle on Diamond Wholesale Ar rests Follow Case Comes Up Be fore Judge Pentz on Saturday Reames and Mulkey Are Attor neys In the Case. Ont of a wrangle over a baseball game between tho Bntto Falls Home Defenders and Bevoridge's Bottlinp Bnlltossers, wager a week ago in Butte Falls, may grow some $50 fine and possibly a few days in the coun ty bastilc. Six arrests nave bees made and the case will come up be fore Hon. S. S. Fentr, justice in the Butte Falls district court, on Satur day. Clarence Reames will appear for the six defendants while District Attorney Mulkey will represent the state. It seems that thero have been some fierce diamond battles waged of late between the aforesaid teams, one of which is composed of Butte Falls boys and tbo other of a surveying party headed by Engineer Boveridge. A week ago when the battle waged fiercest, John Edsall is said to have paraded out upon tho diamond, where he defied the Home Defenders to do battle. They 'did. As a consequenco six members of the ball team have been arrested upon complaint sworn to by tho fath er of young -Edsall. Deputy Sheriff Ullrich made tho arrests nnd tho pln3-crs were admitted to $260 bond. Practically the cntiro town has- been subpenaed as witnesses. It is. the event of a lifetime and pro gressive Butte Falls has seized upont tho opportunity to bask in the lime light of sensationalism. The defendants in tho case nre K. Baker, S. Bakor, W. Morris, George Richnrdson, David Smith, Stanley Spencer and M. Brainnrd. The whole matter will be threshed out bofore Judge Pentz, sitting in chnmbers, on Saturday. . POWELL IS FAVORITE OVER YOUNG MEMSIC OAKLAND, Cal., April 5. WitU tYin If Amcin-Pnn'All cliAillilnil fi-. ". IUUUU UUIWU UUUIO MIC VilUJilllU Wheelmen's club but one day offv Powell is reigning favorite with tho odds at 10 to 8. Both lightweights have beon pounding nwny nt their training stunts nnd nro pronounced fit for a gruelling battle. As thoy nro to fight nt eatch weights, Memsio will havo tho ndi-vn-tngo ns far ns beof is concerno;- Powell, however, is looked nnon ns much more soiontifio, nnd for this reason wns mndo favorite A large bunch of Los Angeles fans aro expected horo tonight. They probably will pull down the odds con siderably, ns Memsio is looked upou as a climbor by them, nnd as a re sult Southern Cnlifornia money will back him. Powell likewise is eonnti'-o- nn tory, nnd ho intends plnnniritr aottinc a match with Wolgast on showing- with Momsio. A olassv rive-and- fake ficht is prodicted. start on a trolley system which Is tc link tho towns of tho valley togothor. And couplod with this era of Indust rial advance Is tho bulldlns of a huge Irrigation system at a coat of a mil lion and a quarter. Novor Before as Bright As a wbolo novor before waa the outlook for the valley as bright as ia Is today. With an abundant trnlt crop, a harvest of gold will be reaped, cities will bo built, rapid communica tion establish' and a great populace built up. And still 1010 Is but an average year for ovory year is prospered In this fortunato land,